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Photo-Essay: Korea’s DMZ Dress-Code Staunch

Sunday, 27 July 2003, 7:46 pm
Article: Selwyn Manning

Photo-Essay: Korea’s North/South Border Dress-Code Staunch

Images By Selwyn Manning – Scoop Media

New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark was the UN’s keynote speaker at Sunday’s celebrations marking Korea’s 50th Armistice Anniversary.

South Korea soldiers eye-ball their Northern counterparts today at the border at Panmunjom.

United States soldiers run the show at the world's last Cold-War border.

Staunchness is the dress code at the North / South Korean border.

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