DMZ WILDLIFE

BY MONICA DOBIETHE MOST fortified frontier in the world, Korea's Demilitarized Zone, (DMZ) is being touted by the (South) Korea National Tourism Organisation as a future destination for wildlife eco-tourism. The DMZ, an area of land four kilometres wide and 250 kilometres long divides North and South Korea across the Korean Peninsula. Countless numbers of land mines occupy the region making it a no mans land since the end of the Korean War more than 50 years ago. But the fact that it has been off limits to people is precisely why several rare species endangered ...


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