Tim's trip to Korea.

Right outside the Osan AB gates - you can buy anything here!

Tim and his supply sergeant at the peace bell.

Another view of the peace bell.

Railroad bridge crossing the Imjin River - the DMZ is just across the river.

A prayer for unity goes with each ribbon. Obviously on the South Korea side.

Another shot of the railroad bridge.

Same bridge, same river, better view.

I believe this place was called Imjinak park, an amusement park dedicated towards reunification of North and South Korea.

This railroad track use to run from Pusan (port city on the southern tip of the Korean pinennsula) to Shineuiju on the North Korean/Chinese frontier.

A plaque at the end of the train tracks describing how the railroad line was destroyed and quit running during the Korean War.

Tim's soldiers at the Odu Mountain Observatory (that's North Korea in the background).

Asians love their animae, it's everywhere!.

A mock-up North Korean home at the observatory.

A mock North Korean school, with one of Tim's guys teaching.

Instead of a unification bell, there is a unification drum at the observatory.

The observatory is the closest you can come to North Korea without being in the DMZ. Here the Imjin River meets with the Han river, and on the opposite bank is North Korea, only 460 meters away.

President George W. Bush signed this post during his vist to the Dorasan Train Station in 2002. Dorasan is the northern most functioning train station in South Korea. The tracks will take you all the way to China if the border were open.

My troops and I with some Republic of Korea (ROK) Soldiers at the entrance of the train station.

Ms. Cheryl Rickie (security) with the ROK Soldiers and the sign in English.

We were lucky enough to be there for a train arriving.

Tim posing in front of a sign at the station that gives the distance between Seoul and Pyeongyang, the capitals of South and North Korea, respectively.

Tim's friend, Valerie, also posing.

Look who stopped by to visit!

The sign again in English.

A memorial at the train station.

The Joint Security Area in the DMZ, shared by the North and South Koreans. The blue buildings are where talks, meetings, and negotiations are held between the two sides.

North Korean Soldier taking pictures of Tim.

ROK Soldier showing the guard duty stance, only half exposing his body for intimation and quick cover.

ROK Soldiers on duty.

ROK Soldier showing his half exposed stance.

Two North Korean Soldiers.

The border between North and South is clearly marked with a concrete strip in the Joint Security Area - Tim is actually stradling the border while taking this picture.

Tim's on the North Korean side of the room. The flag and speakers down the middle of the table are the border between North and South Korea.

Better shot of the table and the border line.

Tim and a ROK Soldier ready to take him out if he tries to make a break for that door that will take him into North Korea.

A courtyard in the South Korean side of the Joint Security Area. It was the site of a firefight between the south and the north when a Soviet Union citizen decided to defect and ran across the border during a North Korean sponsored DMZ tour. North Korean soldiers persured the defector into South Korea, sparking the firefight. 12 North Korean Soldiers and 1 U.S. Soldier died in the exchange of fire. The Soviet Citizen's defection was successful.

Staring down the North Koreans, with the border clearly visible.

Outside the Joint Security Area, the Military Demarcation Line (AKA the border) is marked with white stakes every few meters. These extend across the entire pinennsula.

Kaesong, where the armistice was signed in 1953. It's on the North Korean side of the border.

The bridge of no return, where the prisoner exchange after the armistice occured. If Korean POW's decided to cross the bridge, in either direction, they were not allowed to return. Tens of thousands of POW's crossed this bridge after the war.

Each side was allowed to have one villiage in the DMZ. This is the North Korea's villiage. In order to show their superiority and prosperity, they built an elaborate Hollywood-style set. It didn't fool anyone, thus the common name "Propaganda Villiage". Up to a few years ago it use to blare anti-South Korean messages through enormous speakers. The flag pictured is the largest flag in the world on the tallest flag pole in the world. The North Korean are fanatical about making everything bigger than the South Koreans on the DMZ, and this flag is a response the the giant South Korean flag raised in the South Korean villiage.