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Sent: Monday, November 29, 2004 2:31
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Subject: [BoundaryPoint] Re: Zoomable
picture N-S Korea
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"Jesper Nielsen" <jesniel@i...>
wrote:
>
>
> Does anybody have the knowledge to identify the building with
the
famous border through table?
>
> And also where does the
border actually go?
>
> Jesper
<<<Hi Jesper: I
had the privilege of visiting Panmunjom in 1980 while
stationed in Korea on
temporary duty with the U.S. Navy. As you ride
north from Seoul you
pass by and through many groups of barriers, tank
traps, and the like,
which grow more numerous as you approach the DMZ
(DeMilitarized Zone). The
area at Panmunjom is known as the Joint
Security Area (JSA), and was at one
time open for persons from either
side to walk about freely. After several
fatal incidents, the only
remaining area for "free" travel into both North
and South Korea is
the interior of the single building labeled as "MAC"in
the photos
Lowell gave the links to in his reply to you. The famous
green-felt
covered table is there, with the border marked by a piece of
wire
layed over the middle of it. Small U.N. and North Korean flags sit
on
their respective sides of the table, with the North Korean flag
always
a bit taller. After many years of one-upsmanship over the height
of
the flags, the U.N. gave up and let the North Koreans have their
way.
The building is very small--no more than fifteen feet long and
maybe
ten feet wide. So you get the opportunity to enter North Korea,
but
only inside the building. All in all a very scary place.
Mike
Schwartz