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A southern soldier working in the JSA. All men in the South are expected to do some sort of military service before they are 30 years old. The length of a conscript's sevice can be anywhere from 18 months to 3 years. |
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Noncommisioned officers of the US Army at Panmunjom. |
| North Korean soldiers working in the JSA. Actually, they are checking out the women in a tour group in the MAC building(!) People in the tour groups sponsored by the South are told not to make any gestures or talk to these soldiers. | 
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..the northerners wear Kim Il Sung badges on their uniforms. The sleeve emblem says 'Panmunjom', the name of a village where the JSA is situated. The village no longer exists, since it was destroyed during the war. However, the JSA is still commonly referred to as 'Panmunjom'. |
| ..looking into North Korea. The rusting yellow sign is one of many that marks the location of the border, reading: Military Demarcation Line. The signs are two-sided. Facing the North, the sign is written in Korean and Chinese; Facing the South, it's written in Korean and English | 
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This is a letter of commendation from the U.S. military commander in Korea in 1976, posthumously promoting two U.S. Army officers who were killed by North Korean soldiers while trimming a tree in the JSA. The U.N. badges that the officers wore while on duty can also be seen. The cabinet that these things are in is made out of the wood of the tree that they went to trim. (The tree was cut down a short time later in an operation that was a major show of force by the U.S.)Click here to read about U.S. military personnel who have defected to North Korea during the cold war. |