Monday 19 February 2018

'Peace Village,' a fake city just outside the DMZ, serves as metaphor for North Korean athletes at the Olympics

'Peace Village,' a fake city just outside the DMZ, serves as metaphor for North Korean athletes at the Olympics

From their hilltop checkpoint, the soldiers who guard South Korea's border can see for miles across the Demilitarized Zone, to a small city in the distance on the north side. This tidy collection of high-rises and low-slung buildings is surrounded by agricultural fields. North Koreans call the place Kijong-dong, or Peace Village. The multinational troops on the South Korean side have a different name for it. Propaganda Village.
Read more: http://www.latimes.com/sports/olympics/la-sp-olympics-north-korea-mystery-20180217-story.html?source=Snapzu

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