5:29 Fun fact: Tourists and visitors who enter those blue conference halls are free to cross the halfway point indoors, just like how the video shows. When this happens, assuming that visitors entered the room from the south, The door on the north end of the hall will be locked and South Korean military police will stand guard in front of the said door from indoors (In the video you can see this in action: one MP is standing at the far side of the wall facing towards the crowd). At this state the whole demarcation line inside this one building is functionally shifted northwards up to the north wall. Therefore this single hall's "northern" half acts as South Korea's de facto salient to the north on the demarcation line, until the visitors leave the room, South Korean MP escorts return to their posts, and the north door is unlocked. If visitors were coming from the north, the reverse will happen, and the same hall becomes North Korea's de facto salient to the south. This is sometimes used in Korean TV shows or TH-cam videos for a "I am technically in North Korea" scene.
@@yonggeun4222When it comes to Korean reunification I think the Koreans can only reunify if say, the North Koreans successfully invaded South Korea, and reunify by force, conquering the whole Southern part, taking out all the opposition in their way, all the way down like what North Vietnam did to South Vietnam, they conquered and reunified by force So if South Korea fell, I would think there would probably be like… millions or tens of mil of boat / plane SKor refugees in diaspora, escaping to America, all the airplanes and boats filled up heading towards America because now… the communist North Korean soldiers are coming in the hundreds of thousands or millions, and the North soldiers might go wild on all South civilians, throwing all soldiers and generals, leaders in North Korean gulag reeducation camps, or taking them out, stuff like that, etc. China likes that North buffer zone, so IMO North Korea is pretty much untouchable, even if their whole military are fossils, antique, outdated because they have high millions of personnel, maybe 10 million, heavily militarized society, which requires ground personnel to clear out, and I believe they have super tunnels like they gave training and building advice to the T group in South Lebanon, so the North Korean tunnels must be sophisticated Also if North K gets pushed hard by S and the Americans, then China will most likely step in… ooof, massive man waves of North and Chinese soldiers… so unless the South Koreans and Americans are willing to lose possibly million(s) or high hundreds thousands of military personnel, then they might reunify the North if they can bear the heavy casualties, but even then, maybe both North Korea and China will send the ICBMs flying… so it is futile for the North to reunifying by force, and as long as the Kim family is around, in power, treated like living Gods in the North, then nothing will happen
@@inthendwealldie but if N.Korea strikes first, I feel like China would cut ties with them due to their complex diplomatic ties with the rest of the world.
@@yonggeun4222 I am a Korean. Currently, the majority of young South Korean men hate North Korea. The possibility of peaceful unification, not armed northward unification, converges to zero.
You left out the best part of the tree incident, where the US sent like a battalion of soldiers and helicopters to escort the tree cutters, and suddenly NK wasn't so worried about it lol.
As someone who served on U-do island as a ROK Navy sailor in 2019, I can say that maritime tensions may seem like to make only a fraction of all conflicts if you look at the official reports. But that is simply not the case. At least on the land you have fences and mine fields that keep the two Koreas separated. On the sea, however, there are no physical lines. The NLL only exists on the maps. Therefore, the NLL is much more vulnerable to provocations. And like the video pointed out, the two Koreas are trying to enforce two different "lines" on the sea, unlike on the land. In fact, there are numerous incidents that occur along/across the NLL ranging from fishing boats that lost power drifting across the NLL to warning shots being fired by warships for whatever reason. On top of that, many people choose the sea as their way to get across to the other Korea. Add to this Chinese fishing boats that have "figured out" the NLL and fish right on the line to avoid eviction from either side and all the false alarms, you can say that it is NEVER a slow day over there. There are so many "close-calls" that happen almost on daily basis along the NLL that remain unreported to the rest of the world.
@@lizardpeople The US Navy has it's warships deployed in Japan and only have some personnel present in Korea, but I don't think they are avoiding conflict necessarily. They do send aircraft carrier task force temporarily to the Korean peninsula when tensions arise.
@@Adelink_lol It is a thing here. Like, legit. It's too densly mined to develop anything right away, and it's the only place that had little to no human development for the better part of a century. So, if and when the Korean Peninsula is unified, why not just keep it as a nature preserve / national park while people can decide how to remove all those fortifications for decades? It's just like Zone Rouge but with more trees and mountains.
You left out the fact that in the tree-axe incident, both US soldiers were armed with pistols but they refrained from using their firearms for self defense because of the Rule of Engagement at the time (which has been changed since). These soldiers stayed obedient to the rules till the very end. They deserve our respect.
@@supa3ek please allow me to clarify: those North Korean did not draw their firearms and so according to the Rule of Engagement (ROE) at the time we couldn’t draw fire on them. The ROE stated that we could only use “equal forces” against the opponent. So as long as the NK didn’t draw firearms we couldn’t. I served just south of the DMZ for four years.
Around 1977 I served in the US Army infantry at Ft. Lewis, WA, and in my unit was a soldier who had served on the DMZ. He was an "Imjin Scout," who served in the 2nd Battalion 9th infantry regiment. His unit regularly patrolled the South Korean side of the DMZ, and as we were all waiting to talk to someone at our battalion headquarters he told me and another soldier about an experience he had had on patrol. They discovered a 12-man NKA patrol within the South Korea zone, upon reporting this via radio, they were instructed to ambush the North Korean soldiers. Accordingly, they set up and executed the ambush, killing all 12 of them. The bodies were recovered and later delivered back to the North Korean Army at wherever they did this kind of thing. He told us that it didn't happen often that they discovered NK troops on the "wrong" side, but it happened occasionally. Apparently these instances were not precisely secret, but weren't publicized. Scary stuff.
If we were ever involved in a firefight with the North and none of our troops were wounded or killed, it never happened. Camp Garry Owen. '74/'75 Yongjugol, ROK DMZ
@@MichaelJonesC-4-7Agree. I think the "killing all 12" is made up. Also, there would have been prisoners. During 1980 - 81, I patrolled in DMZ around Panumjom. The North Korean soldiers sent to infiltrate were highly trained special forces. They quickly got in and out. They were not bumbling guys that got lost. Note: There is actually a "border" between North and South inside the DMZ. A single wire fence about 1M high has small yellow metal signs about every 100M. These read "Military Demarcation Line." The fence has fallen down in many places. Surprised that this was not mentioned in video.
@MichaelJonesC-4-7 Agree. I think the "killing all 12" is made up. Also, there would have been prisoners. During 1980 - 81, I patrolled in DMZ around Panumjom. The North Korean soldiers sent to infiltrate were highly trained special forces. They quickly got in and out. They were not bumbling guys that got lost. Note: There is actually a "border" between North and South inside the DMZ. A single wire fence about 1M high has small yellow metal signs about every 100M. These read "Military Demarcation Line." The fence has fallen down in many places. Surprised that this was not mentioned in video.
I heard of something similar where supposedly some south Korean special Forces would carry out raids into the north and would say if they did or didn't lose anyone along the way. It hasn't been made public
Do people guarding the DMZ actually have to worry about land mines? The mines are inside the zone right? If you're on the line I don't think mines are an issue.
@@roymarshall_ One of patrol duty is installing and checking communitcation cables, in those cases you need to go across unmarked land mine areas, and also M14 land mines in the DMZ can move around with the minimal push of wind or flowing rain water
@@rundown132 Very often One second you hear Nature, the next second silence.... An animal has stepped on A M16 landmine killing all creature within 50m radius
Imagine spending 15 months on the DMZ (and celebrating your 18th birthday) as an 11 Delta Recon Scout for the 7th US Cavalry as a "sneak and peek", the "eyes and ears" of the "tip of the spear" for the 2nd Infantry Division. _It's a wholly other experience!_ ; )
14:40 Small correction: Korea was America's fifth deadliest war. Also "deadliest by total casualties" doesn't really make sense, since casualties include wounded. Korea could jump to fourth place if we're only talking at the time of its conclusion - Vietnam would later surpass it. You could also say America's fourth deadliest foreign war, thus excluding the US Civil War. Otherwise, apart from Vietnam and the Civil War, both World Wars cost more American lives than Korea.
This video forget to mention that the DMZ is also the most heavily mined area in the world. So while it may not have much out there as visible barriers, it's by no means a simple stroll to cross it. As there still are occasional detonations from animals that happen.
Both North and South Patrols frequent into the other's side of the DMZ, it isn't uncommon to find small North Korean flags tied to Southern fences, and likewise "we" tie both South Korean and United States flags to their Northern fences. Now, I don't know if the North Korean patrol members count coup in a way, but we definently kept track of where and how many times we sucessfully entered and exited without getting found out (extra "points" if you had done it in the same spot twice or more, since security would be on the look out in those locations). Why you may ask? Bragging rights, in hind sight, it was pretty dumb, but hey, I made it.
I’m sure North Korea loves to perform their military exercises just outside of the DMZ for that reason. Military exercises are often a show of force after all. Zapat 81 was one such military exercise that was heavily publicized and used as a show of force for both the western world and for Warsaw Pact members; showing that any act of disobedience will lead to Soviet troops knocking on their door.
I live on the east coast and have been to the edge of the DMZ in Goseong. It's got beautiful beaches and there's no change in landscape from one nation to another. You look through the telescopes and think "oh, that's north korea?" and that's the sad thing. Korea geographically, culturally, historically, ethnically is one country. It's politicians and world powers who continue to keep it apart. I always hope for a united Korea ❤🇰🇷🇰🇵
I hope for the freedom of North Koreans because if the North Korean leaders many SK and NK families are separated and cannot meet each other the last opportunity they got was before 2011 it’s so sad. Also because of NK strict phone controls international calls cannot be made so families in NK that have refugees do not know if their loved one are alive and safe
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I was stationed there twice, 82-83 and 95-96, as an Army Aviator. It’s an amazing country. Flying there, I saw things most never experience. One thing not mentioned is North Korea, if starts a conflict with the South, doesn’t have the logistics (beans and bullets) to support their troops beyond 60 days. After that, they’re toast!
In the border checkpoint town of 파주 (Paju) a destroyed train is stationed with something that looks like a thousand bulletholes. The north koreans however claims not a single bullet has been fired on the train
according to wikipedia that train was destroyed by americans who didn’t want it to fall into north korean hands. i remember seeing it a few years ago, don’t remember what the explanation at imjingak was tho
@@ElBandido_1Only Half as Understood when you only watch one Production despite the voiceover shows up on various Productions beyond the scope of this channel.
We will NEVER see a reunification of these two in our lifetimes. You guys can come back to this comment and roast me if it actually happens, but North Korea is just too far gone at this point
The fact that an angry, petulent, pointlessly cruel country like NK is allowed to exist purely because of larger global politics keeping anyone from intervening, is a testament to how fucked global politics are. Every country that found itself in a similar position has suffered.
My dad was an AAF forecaster in Korea in ‘91. He was installed with army forward observers and would hike up and down the DMZ for a year. He took tons of pictures and in one of them he got a picture of NK soldiers taking a picture of him
I’ve been there as a tourists 3 weeks ago. It’s a very strange place. And South Koreans make it look like a peaceful place as much as they can. There is even a fun fair on the DMZ limits… inside the DMZ you go to the observatory and you can see very far away in North Korea. You can see their soldiers at guard posts. You can visit tunnel number 3. I’ve been down there. It’s a 2x2m tunnel dug in granite. Crazy. There is also the unification village inside of the DMZ. You can buy stuff made by locals there.
My father served in Korea, 1958-1960. When military exercises between US Army and ROK troops were frequent, he was ordered to simulate an "atomic explosion" for one; he did so by digging a waist-deep pit and filling it with thermite, aka "flash powder" (this was to give the requisite "mushroom cloud"). When he touched it off at the time ordered, it was WAY larger than anyone anticipated; yet it did its job. A bit too well, in fact; the entire North Korean side units audibly and visually mobilized; causing a near-resumption of the Korean War. Took some doing to calm everyone down. Whoops.😂
Fun Fact: The 38th Parallel was chosen buy Future U.S. Secretary of State Dean Rusk, and Col. Charles "Tic" Bonesteel. They picked it because they thought the US occupation should have Seoul. "made no sense economically or geographically" and "we had a formidable task: to pick a zone for the American occupation. Neither Tic nor I was a Korea expert, but it seemed to us that Seoul, the capital, should be in the American sector." From Rusk's 1991 memoir, As I Saw It
Went to South Korea in the summer and did a DMZ tour. We were taken to this observatory where what separates North and South Korea is just a river. On the shortest point, North and South Korea is a 15-minute walk. If you look thru the binoculars you see the North Koreans going about their day (walking a dog, riding a bike, etc). Their roads are not even paved.
Having walked into North Korea via that conference room, the first few feet were pretty normal- not sure where NK got the 6'3" guards standing there, but they actually seemed friendly that day. (Did not play the World's Most Dangerous Golf Course, but did go into one of the tunnels...)
A war on the Korean Peninsula cannot be won unless North Korea launches a nuclear attack. However, the only possibility for North Korea to win is the intervention of a third country. That's China and Russia. The reason the Korean War broke out on the Korean Peninsula in the first place and the reason it became a divided country was because of China and Russia. At that time, Korea had just escaped from Japanese rule and did not have the weapons or capital to fight a war. China and Russia (then the Soviet Union) provided weapons and capital, and when North Korea, which started the war through an illegal surprise attack without a declaration of war, was pushed out of the Korean Peninsula due to the intervention of the UN the war was about to end, China directly entered the war and used human wave tactics. The front line was once again returned to the 38th parallel, and after several years, the war came to a ceasefire. A pause in war. The war on the Korean Peninsula has never ended. The war caused by Kim Il-sung's greed for power and the Soviet Union and China is still burning on the Korean Peninsula. Tens of millions of North Korean citizens are suffering, and South Korea has become an island that cannot be reached by land. When will this fratricidal war between people from the same country end? Just Korea. Not South Korea, not North Korea, just Korea.
You must do the following. Drink a “kettle of Soju” at Polly’s Kettlehouse. Then, at midnight, walk across the street at midnight to Nashville’s and sing “God Bless the USA” at midnight! Every Friday and Saturday night of my year in Seoul.
Korea is awesome and I miss it. Take advantage of being that far west and travel as much as your studies allow. Philippines, Okinawa, Taiwan or China and if you have a loooong weekend, BALI!
Well... if you hear any sable rattle from the North, just follow the locals... they are used to it... until the arty and air raid siren rings in your ears
I am Korean, and I served in the military in the DMZ. In the DMZ, there is a "Guard Post" called GP, a guard post that monitors North Korean troops. When you look at the North Korean army there, it looks like an army that is always farming and has low morale.
John Bolton stating that he wanted to use the "Libyan Model" when dealing with North Korea. This, destroyed any progress we were making with North Korea.
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I visited North Korea in 2019 as a participant in a running event. We were treated well and visited the DMZ. We were under strict rules not to take photos. I observed platoons of young soldiers equipped with mock wooden rifles. The electric fences were in disarray lying on the ground. The infrastructure in the North was universally decaying. Oxen with wooden plows were working in the rice fields. I do not see DPRK as a threat to anyone.
Of course I agree with you, I am not suggesting we be naive. A poor person operating an oxen with a wooden plow is less dangerous than an angry man with a tank. I find it really hard to understand people who are brain washed and desperate regardless of what uniform they wear.
To be honest, the north and south are so different now, reunification is impossible without one side suffering greatly, at this point, too see it as the nation of korea is odd.
One thing people might be questioning during the video is the United Nations Command. Like why is the UN overseeing the defense of the south? Wouldn't they generally have to stay out of stuff like this? Wouldn't something like that be vetoed immediately by Russia or China, especially China considering they later fought on the north's side? Well it is actually an interesting story. First off, at the time of the war breaking out in 1950, the Republic of China (modern day Taiwan), was actually the country on the security council with veto power. The People's Republic of China (Communist China) had just beaten the Republic of China in 1949, forcing them to retreat to Taiwan. Russia wanted the PRoC to get the RoC's veto powers since they won the civil war, but the west continued to support the RoC. This led to Russia boycotting the UN in 1950. After the war broke out, the remaining members of the UN condemned the invasion and worked to pass a resolution for members to help defend the south. The UN was much smaller at the time, mostly just made up of the victors of WW2 (which actually includes a lot of nations you might not think of as victors, due to joining in the final months of the war), liberated nations, and newly decolonized colonies, so there wasn't over 100 nations helping defend the south, but there was almost two dozen involved. Russia immediately realized their mistake with boycotting the UN and quickly ended the boycott, but it was too late to prevent the resolution. It is extremely interesting because it is probably the closest thing we will ever see of a kind of "active" UN, where it truly flexes its power and influence without being constrained by permanent security council members using their veto powers, to prevent its interference.
there is also a thought that the UN shouldn't have interveened. there would be communist united korea, but one that might have been less closed off and eventually either reformed like china or fallen like the USSR, leaving the world with potentially a post communist korea, kind of like east europe. this would mean of course SK population suffers in this theoretical timeline, but the country ends up unified, post communist and potentially well on its way to development by now, as oppose to divided with one side rich but dying off and the other side extremely poor but with nuclear weapons.
@@mxn1948 They probably would be like Vietnam in that case. Probably would play both China and the USSR against each other, like actual North Korea, for their own benefit and to maintain their independence from both. With just the right mix they might have been a fairly successful state with a possible peaceful transition to a more open economy. They would likely see much more poverty and economic stagnation though. The Soviets pumped a lot of money into the North's economy, as a propaganda tool to make them truly the "better" Korea with higher standards of living. The South also wouldn't benefit from the insane economic growth it eventually experience either from its open economy, producing electronics and stuff for the whole world.
I assume you mean the USSR instead of Russia? But aside from that, your last sentence is interesting because the UN at that time basically represented the Western World alliance with a few exceptions (the USSR and PRoC being the largest). One could argue that the UN today represents the world and that it clearly shows divisions and alliances with many countries taking their own positions on a topic by topic basis. In that sense, the UN today is what it was supposed to be in theory. The only thing that turned out problematic is the UN Security Council, for the most because powers in that council have been on the agressor side and therefor it rarely agrees on anything given that one of the powers is usually always involved.
I was stationed near Freedom Bridge in 1969. An issue that came into focus years later was the U.S. using Agent Orange on the DMZ. To avoid the cost of transporting the unused drums back to the U.S. they just dumped them and it seeped into the Korean groundwater. Financial settlements were made for those adversely affected.
Where were you stationed , my company ran to freedom bridge from temporary dwellings while our barracks was being built at Camp Casey, I can't remember the name of the village , but I can tell you it was about 7 miles from freedom bridge, I think it was called Song ra ree forgave the spelling .
@@dangreene3895 The nearest village I remember was Yongjugol. I was stationed at Camp Peterson, Camp Giant and Camp Howze. Also just outside MASH 44. RC #1 and RC #2 were nearby. All of them I believe were turned over to the ROK Army starting in 1970. 2nd Infantry division. 2nd Engineers.
Just finished up a unit on North Korea in History! Glad this came out for some additional information. We didn’t really go over the DMZ, just the cities and the war.
18:12 if i remember correctly, I understand that North Korea military officers wear not just their medals, but also their father's and grandfather's medals. Which I find hilarious for some reason.
I had the honor to visit Panmunjom and the DMZ in 1989. It was quite an honor. Walked into North Korea (about 10 feet around the long conference table) in the blue Peace building and stared down a North Korean guard. They tell you not to make any hand gestures, point or wave to anyone as it can be used by the North as propaganda. We were able to take photographs though and I have one of that North Korean guard from about 6 feet staring at me. Pretty wild experience and one I will always treasure.
11:30 -- the crucial thing that's missing is during the Korean War, the North Korean navy was absolutely dominated by the UN forces, and all Korean territorial waters were under control of Korea. The NLL was a concession to the North by Korea.
I was in Korea in 1974 my battery when on a tour of the DMZ, I don't know if this was normal, or it our company commander was just able for us to go there . We all had to wear our dress greens to project the right kind of image . What I remember most was the sheer propaganda there and North Koreans watching us continually with binoculars
peak of propaganda where he leaves out the parts where DPRK launches missiles as a response to US military drills with 300,000 soldiers, something the west themselves calls a provocation when it happens to them.
I would love to see a more balance approach to this issue. Is clear that the US has also engaged in provocations to the DPRK and that they have to response accordingly. There is *plenty* of evidence of what happens when you just politely ask to the US to don’t meddle in your country
thats camp casey and camp hovey i was there when Kennedy got killed ,in dallas I got a extra 103 days I spend alot of them on stake out at camp casey in the dmz you had to watch for wild hogs i was in recon first cav
Been in North Korea in 2017. The Joint Security Area was pretty interesting, yet somehow pretty underwhelming. I kinda expected much more there, but in fact only the two tourist centers on both sides (of course with a lot cameras etc.) and the shacks on the borders where there, but apart from that, there was really not much. Also the insides of the shacks were not special, just a big table and a few chairs. And the door to the other side. Still interesting experience. We didn't see much more of the DMZ, except the one road leading to the JSA. It was in some kind of trench and on the side there were big boulders, that could be rolled into the trench, blocking the road.
14:43 Korea was actually the fifth deadliest war for America by total casualties. It had about 36,000, Vietnam had about 58,000. Then the other 3 are obvious.
My dad served in Iraq. He was stationed in Ar Rutbah, which was colloquially called “Korean Village” by the other marines. Mainly because it was rumored that the town was built for Saddam Hussein by North Korean workers. He said that most of the buildings and door frames were made for people much shorter than 6’ tall marines. It was all naysay but the name stuck.
This is a bad misconception on how the area operates … The zone itself is not heavily filled with military-related activities - it’s largely just an empty area where neither side gets to mingle around in as agreed. As the other person pointed out, the borders are a different story, but the borders aren’t the zone … so technically, the name fits it well as its borders are like any other militarized border (albeit with a heavier military presence, yes, but nothing about the area is ironic with its name).
5:29 Fun fact: Tourists and visitors who enter those blue conference halls are free to cross the halfway point indoors, just like how the video shows. When this happens, assuming that visitors entered the room from the south, The door on the north end of the hall will be locked and South Korean military police will stand guard in front of the said door from indoors (In the video you can see this in action: one MP is standing at the far side of the wall facing towards the crowd). At this state the whole demarcation line inside this one building is functionally shifted northwards up to the north wall. Therefore this single hall's "northern" half acts as South Korea's de facto salient to the north on the demarcation line, until the visitors leave the room, South Korean MP escorts return to their posts, and the north door is unlocked. If visitors were coming from the north, the reverse will happen, and the same hall becomes North Korea's de facto salient to the south. This is sometimes used in Korean TV shows or TH-cam videos for a "I am technically in North Korea" scene.
What about if parties from both sides want to meet in the conference room? Whose MP guard whose doors?
@@WoWFREAK1336thats instant war, probably ;)
What if a bunch of tourists distract the guard while someone hides inside and waits for tourists from the other side.
Could you explain how it's used in kdramas? I'm curious
Too bad that area is closed to tourists now because of the US soldier last year
I do remember as a kid, I was really confused why the “Demilitarized Zone” is like one of the most militarized place possible on earth lol
can koreas bloody reunify? who does this to their own country? koreas freakin weird bro
@@yonggeun4222When it comes to Korean reunification I think the Koreans can only reunify if say, the North Koreans successfully invaded South Korea, and reunify by force, conquering the whole Southern part, taking out all the opposition in their way, all the way down like what North Vietnam did to South Vietnam, they conquered and reunified by force
So if South Korea fell, I would think there would probably be like… millions or tens of mil of boat / plane SKor refugees in diaspora, escaping to America, all the airplanes and boats filled up heading towards America because now… the communist North Korean soldiers are coming in the hundreds of thousands or millions, and the North soldiers might go wild on all South civilians, throwing all soldiers and generals, leaders in North Korean gulag reeducation camps, or taking them out, stuff like that, etc.
China likes that North buffer zone, so IMO North Korea is pretty much untouchable, even if their whole military are fossils, antique, outdated because they have high millions of personnel, maybe 10 million, heavily militarized society, which requires ground personnel to clear out, and I believe they have super tunnels like they gave training and building advice to the T group in South Lebanon, so the North Korean tunnels must be sophisticated
Also if North K gets pushed hard by S and the Americans, then China will most likely step in… ooof, massive man waves of North and Chinese soldiers… so unless the South Koreans and Americans are willing to lose possibly million(s) or high hundreds thousands of military personnel, then they might reunify the North if they can bear the heavy casualties, but even then, maybe both North Korea and China will send the ICBMs flying… so it is futile for the North to reunifying by force, and as long as the Kim family is around, in power, treated like living Gods in the North, then nothing will happen
The world did this to Korea . They just wanted to be left alone but other countries always interfering
@@inthendwealldie but if N.Korea strikes first, I feel like China would cut ties with them due to their complex diplomatic ties with the rest of the world.
@@yonggeun4222 I am a Korean.
Currently, the majority of young South Korean men hate North Korea.
The possibility of peaceful unification, not armed northward unification, converges to zero.
9:23 I was not ready for “Dream Making Zone”
me neither, imagine going to kindergarten next to a warzone
the contrast is absolutely uncanny. as an american i cannot ever imagine being south korean and still holding onto that hope through all of this.
it made me cry, yeah.
I mean most don't really think it's gonna happen@@durdleduc8520
That made me laugh at loud
The elderly family reuniting was heart-wrenching. Every militarized land border around the world is separating a family.
Maybe even more than one.
my 80+ year old grandpa is one of them. It breaks my heart and makes me cling on to hope that one day he'll meet his brother before he passes.
You left out the best part of the tree incident, where the US sent like a battalion of soldiers and helicopters to escort the tree cutters, and suddenly NK wasn't so worried about it lol.
Plus B-52s flying high. Quite spectacular.
Plus a carrier battle group.
Operation Paul Bunyun, the time where the US was ready to bring down the wrath of god so they could prune a tree.
@@Dankleberrrrg Not prune - chop it the fuck down, because no one wants a repeat of what happened.
kinda pussie to make sure you outnumber people before you are willing to fight !!!!!
As someone who served on U-do island as a ROK Navy sailor in 2019, I can say that maritime tensions may seem like to make only a fraction of all conflicts if you look at the official reports. But that is simply not the case. At least on the land you have fences and mine fields that keep the two Koreas separated. On the sea, however, there are no physical lines. The NLL only exists on the maps. Therefore, the NLL is much more vulnerable to provocations. And like the video pointed out, the two Koreas are trying to enforce two different "lines" on the sea, unlike on the land. In fact, there are numerous incidents that occur along/across the NLL ranging from fishing boats that lost power drifting across the NLL to warning shots being fired by warships for whatever reason. On top of that, many people choose the sea as their way to get across to the other Korea. Add to this Chinese fishing boats that have "figured out" the NLL and fish right on the line to avoid eviction from either side and all the false alarms, you can say that it is NEVER a slow day over there. There are so many "close-calls" that happen almost on daily basis along the NLL that remain unreported to the rest of the world.
Does the US Navy have boats in that area or do they stay away because of possible conflict
@@lizardpeople The US Navy has it's warships deployed in Japan and only have some personnel present in Korea, but I don't think they are avoiding conflict necessarily. They do send aircraft carrier task force temporarily to the Korean peninsula when tensions arise.
"worlds most heavily fortified wildlife sanctuary" lmao
godzilla wont be able to fart without both sides taking offence.
I say we keep it a wildlife sanctuary after reunification
@@Adelink_lolI like this idea
That’s just some HAI leaking in
@@Adelink_lol It is a thing here. Like, legit. It's too densly mined to develop anything right away, and it's the only place that had little to no human development for the better part of a century. So, if and when the Korean Peninsula is unified, why not just keep it as a nature preserve / national park while people can decide how to remove all those fortifications for decades? It's just like Zone Rouge but with more trees and mountains.
You left out the fact that in the tree-axe incident, both US soldiers were armed with pistols but they refrained from using their firearms for self defense because of the Rule of Engagement at the time (which has been changed since). These soldiers stayed obedient to the rules till the very end.
They deserve our respect.
Im sure the north koreans had gun as well though so your point is mute
@@supa3ek please allow me to clarify: those North Korean did not draw their firearms and so according to the Rule of Engagement (ROE) at the time we couldn’t draw fire on them. The ROE stated that we could only use “equal forces” against the opponent. So as long as the NK didn’t draw firearms we couldn’t.
I served just south of the DMZ for four years.
Thanks Ally, good addition to the video.
@@supa3ek I believe you mean 'moot' not 'mute'.
@@zoidberg1201 he's just another idiot pretending to be smart lol
Around 1977 I served in the US Army infantry at Ft. Lewis, WA, and in my unit was a soldier who had served on the DMZ. He was an "Imjin Scout," who served in the 2nd Battalion 9th infantry regiment. His unit regularly patrolled the South Korean side of the DMZ, and as we were all waiting to talk to someone at our battalion headquarters he told me and another soldier about an experience he had had on patrol. They discovered a 12-man NKA patrol within the South Korea zone, upon reporting this via radio, they were instructed to ambush the North Korean soldiers. Accordingly, they set up and executed the ambush, killing all 12 of them. The bodies were recovered and later delivered back to the North Korean Army at wherever they did this kind of thing. He told us that it didn't happen often that they discovered NK troops on the "wrong" side, but it happened occasionally. Apparently these instances were not precisely secret, but weren't publicized. Scary stuff.
If we were ever involved in a firefight with the North and none of our troops were wounded or killed, it never happened.
Camp Garry Owen. '74/'75
Yongjugol, ROK DMZ
USA biggest warmongers only been at peace for 16 years of their 300+ year existence. Turning brother against brother.
@@MichaelJonesC-4-7Agree. I think the "killing all 12" is made up. Also, there would have been prisoners. During 1980 - 81, I patrolled in DMZ around Panumjom. The North Korean soldiers sent to infiltrate were highly trained special forces. They quickly got in and out. They were not bumbling guys that got lost. Note: There is actually a "border" between North and South inside the DMZ. A single wire fence about 1M high has small yellow metal signs about every 100M. These read "Military Demarcation Line." The fence has fallen down in many places. Surprised that this was not mentioned in video.
@MichaelJonesC-4-7 Agree. I think the "killing all 12" is made up. Also, there would have been prisoners. During 1980 - 81, I patrolled in DMZ around Panumjom. The North Korean soldiers sent to infiltrate were highly trained special forces. They quickly got in and out. They were not bumbling guys that got lost. Note: There is actually a "border" between North and South inside the DMZ. A single wire fence about 1M high has small yellow metal signs about every 100M. These read "Military Demarcation Line." The fence has fallen down in many places. Surprised that this was not mentioned in video.
I heard of something similar where supposedly some south Korean special Forces would carry out raids into the north and would say if they did or didn't lose anyone along the way. It hasn't been made public
My Friends are on duty at DMZ... cold weather, random land mines, wild animals, mosquitos make their life hard
Sounds like a real life example of a ttrpg random encounter table
Do people guarding the DMZ actually have to worry about land mines? The mines are inside the zone right? If you're on the line I don't think mines are an issue.
@@roymarshall_ One of patrol duty is installing and checking communitcation cables, in those cases you need to go across unmarked land mine areas, and also M14 land mines in the DMZ can move around with the minimal push of wind or flowing rain water
Do the animals trigger the mines?
@@rundown132 Very often
One second you hear Nature, the next second silence.... An animal has stepped on A M16 landmine killing all creature within 50m radius
Looking forward to Jet Lag: Hide and Seek in the DMZ
Whoever spends more time without getting killed wins
Top Tier Snack Zone episodes though
Imagine spending 15 months on the DMZ (and celebrating your 18th birthday) as an 11 Delta Recon Scout for the 7th US Cavalry as a "sneak and peek", the "eyes and ears" of the "tip of the spear" for the 2nd Infantry Division.
_It's a wholly other experience!_ ; )
Adam to win last second 😅
@@jonathangreenlee9805 "For our Snack Zone, we have the spaghetti and meatballs MRE."
11:28, guy busting some moves on the top right of the ship
Yes
The pootis on 2fort:
Listening to KPOOP
14:40 Small correction: Korea was America's fifth deadliest war. Also "deadliest by total casualties" doesn't really make sense, since casualties include wounded. Korea could jump to fourth place if we're only talking at the time of its conclusion - Vietnam would later surpass it. You could also say America's fourth deadliest foreign war, thus excluding the US Civil War. Otherwise, apart from Vietnam and the Civil War, both World Wars cost more American lives than Korea.
This video forget to mention that the DMZ is also the most heavily mined area in the world. So while it may not have much out there as visible barriers, it's by no means a simple stroll to cross it. As there still are occasional detonations from animals that happen.
Both North and South Patrols frequent into the other's side of the DMZ, it isn't uncommon to find small North Korean flags tied to Southern fences, and likewise "we" tie both South Korean and United States flags to their Northern fences. Now, I don't know if the North Korean patrol members count coup in a way, but we definently kept track of where and how many times we sucessfully entered and exited without getting found out (extra "points" if you had done it in the same spot twice or more, since security would be on the look out in those locations). Why you may ask? Bragging rights, in hind sight, it was pretty dumb, but hey, I made it.
You missed the chance to talk about Operation Paul Bunyan, a massive show of force after the DMZ axe murder.
He's a superficial leftist propagandist. What do you expect?
Its like turning up with your big brother AFTER you lost the fight
I’m sure North Korea loves to perform their military exercises just outside of the DMZ for that reason. Military exercises are often a show of force after all. Zapat 81 was one such military exercise that was heavily publicized and used as a show of force for both the western world and for Warsaw Pact members; showing that any act of disobedience will lead to Soviet troops knocking on their door.
@@supa3ek
Mommy!!
@@MichaelJonesC-4-7 somehow that reminds me of the Laughs for Gags end title
I live on the east coast and have been to the edge of the DMZ in Goseong. It's got beautiful beaches and there's no change in landscape from one nation to another. You look through the telescopes and think "oh, that's north korea?" and that's the sad thing. Korea geographically, culturally, historically, ethnically is one country. It's politicians and world powers who continue to keep it apart. I always hope for a united Korea ❤🇰🇷🇰🇵
As time goes on and new generations are brought up, North and South will drift away culturally and socially.
I hope for the freedom of North Koreans because if the North Korean leaders many SK and NK families are separated and cannot meet each other the last opportunity they got was before 2011 it’s so sad. Also because of NK strict phone controls international calls cannot be made so families in NK that have refugees do not know if their loved one are alive and safe
이름부터가 Ben P인 서양인이 뭔 한국 거주드립이야 ㅋㅋㅋ
통일은 염병 헛소리하네
I'm fan of Wendover and Real Engineering. I have nebula subscription. Some videos in nebula don't contain closed captions. It will be better for me to have cc on videos.
You should open a ticket (complain) to Nebula to add captions for all shows
@mkw5398brokie
NOBODY CARES
I was stationed there twice, 82-83 and 95-96, as an Army Aviator. It’s an amazing country. Flying there, I saw things most never experience. One thing not mentioned is North Korea, if starts a conflict with the South, doesn’t have the logistics (beans and bullets) to support their troops beyond 60 days. After that, they’re toast!
In the border checkpoint town of 파주 (Paju) a destroyed train is stationed with something that looks like a thousand bulletholes. The north koreans however claims not a single bullet has been fired on the train
according to wikipedia that train was destroyed by americans who didn’t want it to fall into north korean hands. i remember seeing it a few years ago, don’t remember what the explanation at imjingak was tho
"How the Korean DMZ works"
Entering it triggers the Point of No Return warning for Earth's final quest line, and nobody knows if there's a New Game+
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Bold of you to assume we're not noting the sanction war between this channel and the ever devious half as interesting lizards
it's crazy that you have to watch a Tom Scott video between one and the other.
I don’t understand the joke
Lizards?
@@ElBandido_1Only Half as Understood when you only watch one Production despite the voiceover shows up on various Productions beyond the scope of this channel.
@@Smokecall Huh?
11:26 That guy emoting on the south korean patrol ship 😂
We will NEVER see a reunification of these two in our lifetimes. You guys can come back to this comment and roast me if it actually happens, but North Korea is just too far gone at this point
Certianly not under Kim Jung Un. It would take a literal act of God to change his mind.
Fact
You are most likely correct, but history loves to throw a curveball sometimes. If it does happen, even all the "experts " will be surprised.
@@robertd6387 nobody expected germany will ever reunify in the 80s.. yet it did later on. so history is often unexpected indeed
The fact that an angry, petulent, pointlessly cruel country like NK is allowed to exist purely because of larger global politics keeping anyone from intervening, is a testament to how fucked global politics are. Every country that found itself in a similar position has suffered.
My dad was an AAF forecaster in Korea in ‘91. He was installed with army forward observers and would hike up and down the DMZ for a year. He took tons of pictures and in one of them he got a picture of NK soldiers taking a picture of him
I’ve been there as a tourists 3 weeks ago. It’s a very strange place. And South Koreans make it look like a peaceful place as much as they can. There is even a fun fair on the DMZ limits… inside the DMZ you go to the observatory and you can see very far away in North Korea. You can see their soldiers at guard posts. You can visit tunnel number 3. I’ve been down there. It’s a 2x2m tunnel dug in granite. Crazy. There is also the unification village inside of the DMZ. You can buy stuff made by locals there.
oh, tour in cherry blossom season
My father served in Korea, 1958-1960. When military exercises between US Army and ROK troops were frequent, he was ordered to simulate an "atomic explosion" for one; he did so by digging a waist-deep pit and filling it with thermite, aka "flash powder" (this was to give the requisite "mushroom cloud").
When he touched it off at the time ordered, it was WAY larger than anyone anticipated; yet it did its job. A bit too well, in fact; the entire North Korean side units audibly and visually mobilized; causing a near-resumption of the Korean War.
Took some doing to calm everyone down. Whoops.😂
Fun Fact: The 38th Parallel was chosen buy Future U.S. Secretary of State Dean Rusk, and Col. Charles "Tic" Bonesteel. They picked it because they thought the US occupation should have Seoul.
"made no sense economically or geographically" and "we had a formidable task: to pick a zone for the American occupation. Neither Tic nor I was a Korea expert, but it seemed to us that Seoul, the capital, should be in the American sector."
From Rusk's 1991 memoir, As I Saw It
I just looked up the DMZ yesterday after an eternity out of curiousity and now there's whole video about it cheers
it's the google algorithm dude
istg i lookup something and then the next day theres a youtube video about it thats new!
@@4.30gangCorpofficialsure, the google demanded this video was done because OP looked up this subject yesterday 😂😂😂
Beyond Utopia: Escape From North Korea is an amazing watch
Went to South Korea in the summer and did a DMZ tour. We were taken to this observatory where what separates North and South Korea is just a river. On the shortest point, North and South Korea is a 15-minute walk. If you look thru the binoculars you see the North Koreans going about their day (walking a dog, riding a bike, etc). Their roads are not even paved.
DMZ 복무하는 군인인데 아무리 뛰어난 자연경관이나 오지라도 사람의 손이 무조건 닿을 수 밖에 없는 외부랑은 달 수색로까지 빠지면 진짜 자연 그대로의 모습이라 풍경 하나만큼은 그 어느 곳보다 예쁨. 물론 민간인 출입 가능한 접경 지역은 DMZ가 아니므로 제외
Having walked into North Korea via that conference room, the first few feet were pretty normal- not sure where NK got the 6'3" guards standing there, but they actually seemed friendly that day. (Did not play the World's Most Dangerous Golf Course, but did go into one of the tunnels...)
Probably just gave the guards growth hormone back when they were children 😅
@My_pfp_beats_all_dog_breeds.Good thing North Korea has no morals then
@My_pfp_beats_all_dog_breeds. It's a dictatorial oppressive regime. Your thinking is a crime there, they do not care about our morality.
@My_pfp_beats_all_dog_breeds Nor is the rest of their autocracy
6'3"?? That's like 7' in Korean lol
9:23 the "Dream Making Zone" one the wall really shows the hope in this area
A war on the Korean Peninsula cannot be won unless North Korea launches a nuclear attack.
However, the only possibility for North Korea to win is the intervention of a third country. That's China and Russia.
The reason the Korean War broke out on the Korean Peninsula in the first place and the reason it became a divided country was because of China and Russia.
At that time, Korea had just escaped from Japanese rule and did not have the weapons or capital to fight a war.
China and Russia (then the Soviet Union) provided weapons and capital, and when North Korea, which started the war through an illegal surprise attack without a declaration of war, was pushed out of the Korean Peninsula due to the intervention of the UN the war was about to end, China directly entered the war and used human wave tactics.
The front line was once again returned to the 38th parallel, and after several years, the war came to a ceasefire.
A pause in war. The war on the Korean Peninsula has never ended.
The war caused by Kim Il-sung's greed for power and the Soviet Union and China is still burning on the Korean Peninsula.
Tens of millions of North Korean citizens are suffering, and South Korea has become an island that cannot be reached by land.
When will this fratricidal war between people from the same country end?
Just Korea. Not South Korea, not North Korea, just Korea.
This whole thing between the two Koreas is basically a giant flagpole measuring contest
And we all know who's the fatso with the shortest stick 😂😂
Sincerely, an American
In Daeseongdong and Kijongdong, it was more than just "basically" because these two towns "literally" had a flagpole measuring contest.
@@knpark2025 yes that was the joke. Thanks for participating.
No mine is bigger, no mine IS bigger 😂
I plan on studying for a semester in Seoul this coming fall so this is a perfect time for this video to come out
You must do the following.
Drink a “kettle of Soju” at Polly’s Kettlehouse. Then, at midnight, walk across the street at midnight to Nashville’s and sing “God Bless the USA” at midnight! Every Friday and Saturday night of my year in Seoul.
Korea is awesome and I miss it. Take advantage of being that far west and travel as much as your studies allow. Philippines, Okinawa, Taiwan or China and if you have a loooong weekend, BALI!
Well... if you hear any sable rattle from the North, just follow the locals... they are used to it... until the arty and air raid siren rings in your ears
How nice of you to see me googling Korean DMZ and reading the wikipedia page and make a video about it for me!
least narcissistic youtube commenter
@@john_smith_john To be fair both google and youtube are owned by the same company so no surprise it would influence their reccomendations.
The JSA is the most surreal place I've ever been to. I highly recommend a visit if you are in Korea.
The fact that we get free videos on TH-cam by Wendover Productions is truly a gift. 👏👏👏
free videos with more and more propaganda narrative rather than informing the viewers
@@Mae-nr7wr we even get free dictator bot replies too!
I am Korean, and I served in the military in the DMZ. In the DMZ, there is a "Guard Post" called GP, a guard post that monitors North Korean troops. When you look at the North Korean army there, it looks like an army that is always farming and has low morale.
John Bolton stating that he wanted to use the "Libyan Model" when dealing with North Korea. This, destroyed any progress we were making with North Korea.
“Hey can I come over”
“Sure” *hands application* “I’ll see you in 2 weeks”
I was there all of 1988, including time in GP Oulette. Nice job putting together a concise and cohesive overview.
THANK YOU FOR THE LIFETIME PLAN. I absolutely hate subscriptions. They are always a trap. I would never have been willing to go to Nebula if it was subscription only.
I visited North Korea in 2019 as a participant in a running event. We were treated well and visited the DMZ. We were under strict rules not to take photos. I observed platoons of young soldiers equipped with mock wooden rifles. The electric fences were in disarray lying on the ground. The infrastructure in the North was universally decaying. Oxen with wooden plows were working in the rice fields. I do not see DPRK as a threat to anyone.
I beg to differ. Underestimating our enemies can be unwise. They are getting us to drop our guard by acting as if they are weak.
Of course I agree with you, I am not suggesting we be naive. A poor person operating an oxen with a wooden plow is less dangerous than an angry man with a tank. I find it really hard to understand people who are brain washed and desperate regardless of what uniform they wear.
I served 1 tour if duty in the DMZ at Camp Liberty Bell (DMZ). Also patroled DMZ in the summer during rotation of units.
this sounds like a great place to take a picnic
This video was FAR better than RealLifeLore content! Please make more of such geopolitics focused videos!
To be honest, the north and south are so different now, reunification is impossible without one side suffering greatly, at this point, too see it as the nation of korea is odd.
Would like to know how the flora and fauna has flourished in the DMZ without human interruption
One thing people might be questioning during the video is the United Nations Command. Like why is the UN overseeing the defense of the south? Wouldn't they generally have to stay out of stuff like this? Wouldn't something like that be vetoed immediately by Russia or China, especially China considering they later fought on the north's side? Well it is actually an interesting story.
First off, at the time of the war breaking out in 1950, the Republic of China (modern day Taiwan), was actually the country on the security council with veto power. The People's Republic of China (Communist China) had just beaten the Republic of China in 1949, forcing them to retreat to Taiwan. Russia wanted the PRoC to get the RoC's veto powers since they won the civil war, but the west continued to support the RoC. This led to Russia boycotting the UN in 1950.
After the war broke out, the remaining members of the UN condemned the invasion and worked to pass a resolution for members to help defend the south. The UN was much smaller at the time, mostly just made up of the victors of WW2 (which actually includes a lot of nations you might not think of as victors, due to joining in the final months of the war), liberated nations, and newly decolonized colonies, so there wasn't over 100 nations helping defend the south, but there was almost two dozen involved. Russia immediately realized their mistake with boycotting the UN and quickly ended the boycott, but it was too late to prevent the resolution.
It is extremely interesting because it is probably the closest thing we will ever see of a kind of "active" UN, where it truly flexes its power and influence without being constrained by permanent security council members using their veto powers, to prevent its interference.
there is also a thought that the UN shouldn't have interveened. there would be communist united korea, but one that might have been less closed off and eventually either reformed like china or fallen like the USSR, leaving the world with potentially a post communist korea, kind of like east europe. this would mean of course SK population suffers in this theoretical timeline, but the country ends up unified, post communist and potentially well on its way to development by now, as oppose to divided with one side rich but dying off and the other side extremely poor but with nuclear weapons.
@@mxn1948 They probably would be like Vietnam in that case. Probably would play both China and the USSR against each other, like actual North Korea, for their own benefit and to maintain their independence from both. With just the right mix they might have been a fairly successful state with a possible peaceful transition to a more open economy. They would likely see much more poverty and economic stagnation though. The Soviets pumped a lot of money into the North's economy, as a propaganda tool to make them truly the "better" Korea with higher standards of living. The South also wouldn't benefit from the insane economic growth it eventually experience either from its open economy, producing electronics and stuff for the whole world.
I know this is over simplified and I didn’t read your comment, but this ain’t the League of Nations. The UN, however, sure is shady.
UN usually have protection zones in worn torn countries so I think they seem like obvious choice
I assume you mean the USSR instead of Russia? But aside from that, your last sentence is interesting because the UN at that time basically represented the Western World alliance with a few exceptions (the USSR and PRoC being the largest). One could argue that the UN today represents the world and that it clearly shows divisions and alliances with many countries taking their own positions on a topic by topic basis. In that sense, the UN today is what it was supposed to be in theory. The only thing that turned out problematic is the UN Security Council, for the most because powers in that council have been on the agressor side and therefor it rarely agrees on anything given that one of the powers is usually always involved.
I was stationed near Freedom Bridge in 1969. An issue that came into focus years later was the U.S. using Agent Orange on the DMZ. To avoid the cost of transporting the unused drums back to the U.S. they just dumped them and it seeped into the Korean groundwater. Financial settlements were made for those adversely affected.
Where were you stationed , my company ran to freedom bridge from temporary dwellings while our barracks was being built at Camp Casey, I can't remember the name of the village , but I can tell you it was about 7 miles from freedom bridge, I think it was called Song ra ree forgave the spelling .
@@dangreene3895 The nearest village I remember was Yongjugol. I was stationed at Camp Peterson, Camp Giant and Camp Howze. Also just outside MASH 44. RC #1 and RC #2 were nearby. All of them I believe were turned over to the ROK Army starting in 1970. 2nd Infantry division. 2nd Engineers.
North Korea just announced They are tearing down the railroad and the road today.
Just finished up a unit on North Korea in History! Glad this came out for some additional information. We didn’t really go over the DMZ, just the cities and the war.
Wow... very interesting take at the end. Great video as always Sam
What a great overview of the DMZ. Well done!
Lifetime Nebula actually goes so fucking hard i may finally subscribe
Mark Strong is a gem.
11:28 Didn’t know it was a party boat
fortnite dance
My husband (Korean) did his military service on the DMZ. Very strange place.
9:23 As a korean, I prefer Dream Making Zone over Demilitarized Zone. ❤
cute
I see a wendover productions... I click... I watch... I nod in approval
18:12 if i remember correctly, I understand that North Korea military officers wear not just their medals, but also their father's and grandfather's medals. Which I find hilarious for some reason.
Can you post a tutorial on where to find the pack-a-punch?
I had the honor to visit Panmunjom and the DMZ in 1989. It was quite an honor. Walked into North Korea (about 10 feet around the long conference table) in the blue Peace building and stared down a North Korean guard. They tell you not to make any hand gestures, point or wave to anyone as it can be used by the North as propaganda. We were able to take photographs though and I have one of that North Korean guard from about 6 feet staring at me. Pretty wild experience and one I will always treasure.
It’s always a pleasure to get that notification from this channel.
The war room is a great idea, will check it out
11:30 -- the crucial thing that's missing is during the Korean War, the North Korean navy was absolutely dominated by the UN forces, and all Korean territorial waters were under control of Korea. The NLL was a concession to the North by Korea.
I was in Korea in 1974 my battery when on a tour of the DMZ, I don't know if this was normal, or it our company commander was just able for us to go there . We all had to wear our dress greens to project the right kind of image . What I remember most was the sheer propaganda there and North Koreans watching us continually with binoculars
I think Wendover Productions are pretty much the peak of content on TH-cam
peak of propaganda where he leaves out the parts where DPRK launches missiles as a response to US military drills with 300,000 soldiers, something the west themselves calls a provocation when it happens to them.
Nice coverage of our countries. You did your homework well.
Finally a video to watch while eating
I would love to see a more balance approach to this issue. Is clear that the US has also engaged in provocations to the DPRK and that they have to response accordingly. There is *plenty* of evidence of what happens when you just politely ask to the US to don’t meddle in your country
I was stationed on the DMZ Dec 1974- June 1976
8:18 hehe Seoul village
I served in the DMZ at Camp Liberty Bell (DMZ), the closest INF Company to N. Korea.
thats camp casey and camp hovey i was there when Kennedy got killed ,in dallas I got a extra 103 days I spend alot of them on stake out at camp casey in the dmz you had to watch for wild hogs i was in recon first cav
@@robertewebb3947 Casey and Hovey are not near the DMZ.
Sounds like an awesome tourist trap. Can't wait to visit!
You'll love the trap so much you won't want to leave!
thankyou for explaining this so very well
oh
Now post an Al Mazra DMZ guide
Jetlag The DMZ season
I respect and love South Korea . Greetings from Croatia.🇭🇷❤️🇰🇷
So called demilitarized zone is actually highest militarized 😂😂😂
Been in North Korea in 2017. The Joint Security Area was pretty interesting, yet somehow pretty underwhelming. I kinda expected much more there, but in fact only the two tourist centers on both sides (of course with a lot cameras etc.) and the shacks on the borders where there, but apart from that, there was really not much. Also the insides of the shacks were not special, just a big table and a few chairs. And the door to the other side.
Still interesting experience. We didn't see much more of the DMZ, except the one road leading to the JSA. It was in some kind of trench and on the side there were big boulders, that could be rolled into the trench, blocking the road.
14:43 Korea was actually the fifth deadliest war for America by total casualties. It had about 36,000, Vietnam had about 58,000. Then the other 3 are obvious.
11:27 dood dancin
Love how this video mourns the end of the Sunshine Policy while at the same time parroting the rhetoric of those who killed the policy.
The Chanel is awesome. The vocal fry gets to my head sometimes. 😂
I am just glad he isnt doing it on purpose.
@MckIdyl im confused on how you're not able to see an autocorrected word
Excellent video. Thank you for posting.
This channel and Cool Worlds are currently my absolute favorites on TH-cam.
11:27 soldier is dancing lol
Whendover AND RealLifeLore new videos! Talk about a good start to the week!
@noahroth2992 what a time to be alive, getting the weekly dose of anxiety at 3 am while trying to fix my fucking code
I see you didn't explained much of the changing politics in SK and US
My dad served in Iraq. He was stationed in Ar Rutbah, which was colloquially called “Korean Village” by the other marines. Mainly because it was rumored that the town was built for Saddam Hussein by North Korean workers. He said that most of the buildings and door frames were made for people much shorter than 6’ tall marines. It was all naysay but the name stuck.
Hey Sam,
This is very interesting, especially considering the inhabitants who live near the border
Please do part 2- Cyprus
Part 3- Jerusalem
A networking teacher once asked my class asked for an example of a DMZ. The class mentioned the NK DMZ, I mentioned the Cardassian DMZ.
There's a Romulan one too. Or was I guess...
There once was a Vietnam DMZ too
@@dukeofurl01 That's the Neutral Zone. The difference is that in the DMZ, civilians can live there, no one's allowed in the neutral zone at all.
Lol
Thanks
great video!
You this is bad, wait until you learn about the Dakotas!
The most ironic name in the world "Demilitarized Zone" but it's actually the most militarized border in the world.
Well, the area inside is demiliterized, the borders tho...
This is a bad misconception on how the area operates …
The zone itself is not heavily filled with military-related activities - it’s largely just an empty area where neither side gets to mingle around in as agreed. As the other person pointed out, the borders are a different story, but the borders aren’t the zone … so technically, the name fits it well as its borders are like any other militarized border (albeit with a heavier military presence, yes, but nothing about the area is ironic with its name).