Messages of peace and unity written on ribbons left on fence at DMZ, North Hwanghae Province, Panmunjom, South Korea

View of south Korea from the wall section of the Demilitarized Zone, North Hwanghae Province, Panmunjom, North Korea

Tourists in front of a map of the Demilitarized Zone, North Hwanghae Province, Panmunjom, North Korea

Tourists taking photos with a North Korean soldier on the Demilitarized Zone, North Hwanghae Province, Panmunjom, North Korea

Dorasan train station souvenirs shop, North Hwanghae Province, Panmunjom, South Korea

North Korean soldiers standing in front of the United Nations conference rooms on the demarcation line in the Demilitarized Zone, North Hwanghae Province, Panmunjom, North Korea

Tourist posing in front of a giant picture of the DMZ border, North Hwanghae Province, Panmunjom, South Korea

North Korean anti tank invasion concrete blocks on the roadside on the Demilitarized Zone, North Hwanghae Province, Panmunjom, North Korea

North Korean soldier with a tourist in the Demilitarized Zone, North Hwanghae Province, Panmunjom, North Korea

North Korean anti tank invasion concrete blocks on the roadside on the Demilitarized Zone, North Hwanghae Province, Panmunjom, North Korea

South Korean soldier in the joint security area on the border between the two Koreas, North Hwanghae Province, Panmunjom, South Korea

North Korean military officer in the section wall of the Demilitarized Zone, North Hwanghae Province, Panmunjom, North Korea

North Korean soldier in the building where the armistice was signed now housing the North Korea peace museum, North Hwanghae Province, Panmunjom, North Korea

Advertising on a bus for the DMZ touristic tour, North Hwanghae Province, Panmunjom, South Korea

North Korean soldiers standing in front of the United Nations conference rooms on the demarcation line in the Demilitarized Zone, North Hwanghae Province, Panmunjom, North Korea

South Korean soldiers in the joint security area on the border between the two Koreas, North Hwanghae Province, Panmunjom, South Korea

South Korean soldier in the joint security area on the border between the two Koreas, North Hwanghae Province, Panmunjom, South Korea

North Korean man in a field seen through barbed wire in the Demilitarized Zone, North Hwanghae Province, Panmunjom, North Korea

North Korean soldiers standing in front of the United Nations conference rooms on the demarcation line in the Demilitarized Zone, North Hwanghae Province, Panmunjom, North Korea

Tourists queueing to visit the conference room on the Demilitarized Zone, North Hwanghae Province, Panmunjom, North Korea

Dorasan train station souvenirs shop, North Hwanghae Province, Panmunjom, South Korea

South korean couple in front of freedom and railway bridge over imjin river between north and south korea, Sudogwon, Paju, South korea