The final off-campus trip we took during the week-long conference was to the DMZ, the Demilitarized Zone separating North and South Korea. This is an old steam locomotive that used to ply between the two Koreas but was attacked and destroyed at the beginning of the Korean War.
The DMZ is 8 kilometers wide. This cable car takes visitors from the southern edge of the DMZ (by the destroyed locomotive) to the center point of the DMZ where the actual negotiations have taken place.
The actual negotiations building is this living-room sized room. It is stark with just a wooden table and three chairs on each side so the two teams face each other. I was a bit put off by the fact the DMZ is now a major tourist draw with dozens of tour buses, a Dunkin Donuts, and all the other tourist amenities.
