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The demilitarised zone
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/03/korea1.gifTourists look towards the North Korean side with pairs of binoculars at the Unification Observatory, near the demilitarised zone that separates the two Koreas in Paju, north of Seoul. Photograph: Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters
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The demilitarised zone
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/03/korea2.gifNorth Korean soldiers (top right) look across a concrete border as a US soldier (second left) and South Korean soldiers stand guard at the truce village of Panmunjom in Paju, 55km north of Seoul. Photograph: Lee Jae-Won/Reuters
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The demilitarised zone
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/03/korea3.gifA South Korean soldier, who stands on the North Korean side in the United Nations Command Military Armistice Commission Conference Building, looks at visitors next to a door (left) leading to the North in Panmunjom. Photograph: Lee Jae-Won/Reuters
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The demilitarised zone
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/03/korea8.gifNorth Korean soldiers stand on their observation post. Photograph: Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters
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The demilitarised zone
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/03/korea7.gifA North Korean soldier smiles as he talks with fellow soldier at the truce village of Panmunjom. Jo Yong-Hak. Photograph: Jo Yong-Hak/Reuters
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The demilitarised zone
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/03/korea6.gifA North Korean sentry looks through a window as US secretary of state Hillary Clinton and US defence secretary Robert Gates tour the demilitarised zone. Photograph: Reuters/Cherie Cullen/Defense Department
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The demilitarised zone
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/03/korea5.gifFormer North Korean defectors and anti-North Korea activists release balloons carrying anti-North Korea leaflets and North Korean won bank notes towards the North at the Imjinkak pavilion. Photograph: Jo Yong-Hak/Reuters
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The demilitarised zone
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/03/korea4.gifPark Sang-hak, a former North Korean defector and an anti-North Korea activist living in South Korea, fires a tear gas pistol as a policeman tries to block him in Imjinkak pavilion near the demilitarised zone. Photograph: Lee Jae-Won/Reuters
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The demilitarised zone
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/03/korea9.gifHolding a flower, a South Korean girl playing the role of a North Korean girl walks through the opening of a gate leading into the demilitarised zone during a ceremony relinking railways and roads. Photograph: Lee Jae-Won/Reuters
