The official tour bus departed from the corporate-chic Lotte Hotel near Seoul’s City Hall, at exactly 8:50 am. As we sped north along the Han River away from the city, our tour guide briefed us on the ...

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea said on Tuesday some tours of the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) between the two Koreas will restart for selected guests for the first time since they were suspended after a ...

More than half a century of fragile peace between North and South Korea has produced one of the world’s most unusual tourist attractions. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ...

CAMP BONIFAS, SOUTH KOREA -- It's been six decades since the Korean War of 1950 -- 53 left the peninsula charred and devastated. But the Demilitarized Zone that has ever since divided the two Koreas, ...

Last month I went on the DMZ Peace Tour in Paju, South Korea. Despite being a "demilitarized zone," the DMZ is the most heavily fortified border in the world. The peaceful tour was a stark contrast to ...

The U.S. and South Korea may be holding joint naval exercises in the East Sea, and North Korea may be threatening nuclear retaliation in habitual, heavy-handed response, but it's really just the ...

It is one of the world's most heavily fortified areas, a no-man's land that stands as a remnant of the Cold War. It was also a tourist magnet before the Covid pandemic. From Gyeonggi-do in the west to ...