‘Landmines Have Become the Greatest Protectors’: How Wildlife Is Thriving in the Korean DMZ

‘Landmines have become the greatest protectors’: how wildlife is thriving in the Korean DMZ

The demilitarised zone between North and South Korea has become an ecological oasis with nearly 6,000 species documented, including rare cranes, deer and bearsStanding on top of a small mountain, Kim Seung-ho gazes out over an expanse of paddy fields glowing in their autumn gold, the ripening grains swaying gently in the wind. In the distance, North Korea stretches beyond the horizon.“It’s so peaceful,” says the director of the DMZ Ecology Resea…

North Korea Slams Seoul’s Leadership as Two

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s sister Kim Yo Jong accused Seoul of displaying a double character in its approach to inter-Korean relations.