Caption: Panmunjom, North_Korea - Jul 1994. A North Korean soldier being observed by an American soldier in Panmunjom on the 38th parallel in the DMZ, or demilitarised zone. The 2.5 mile wide, 156 mile long DMZ is a no man's land separating North and South Korea. The cease-fire village of Panmunjom was founded on July 27, 1953 and is where the Korean War armistice agreement was signed. South-North talks (MAC meetings) still take place here. In 1976 two American servicemen were hacked to death with axes by North Koreans and in 1983 a Russian tourist defected to the North triggering a gun battle that killed three North Koreans and one Korean soldier. There are an estimated 1.2 million soldiers in North Korea, the world's fifth-largest fighting force. Two-thirds of those soldiers are stationed within 60 miles of the DMZ. There are 37,000 U.S. soldiers stationed in South Korea. Credit: Gerhard Jörén/Asiaworksphotos.com Contact: sales@asiaworksphotos.com Legal Notice: Any use of this picture is subject to a license agreement entered into by the user and AsiaWorks Photography Ltd. All other rights reserved. Any re-use and redistribution of this image is prohibited. For sales enquiries regarding any additional use of this or other pictures from AsiaWorks Photography please contact sales@asiaworksphotos.com
Caption: Panmunjom, North_Korea - Jul 1994. A North Korean soldier at the beginning of the Pyongyang Highway, near Panmunjom at the 38th parallel - or the DMZ (demilitarised zone).This 2.5-mile-wide, 156-mile-long DMZ is a no man land and separate the two countries. Panmunjom ,This cease-fire village was founded on July 27, 1953, and it is the place where the armistice agreement of the Korean War was signed. South-North talks still take place here (MAC meetings). In 1976 two American servicemen were hacked to death with axes by North Koreans and in 1983 a Russian tourist defected to the North triggering a gun battle that killed three North Koreans and one Korean soldier. The are some 37,000 U.S. soldiers are stationed in South Korea while the North Korea's amry is estimated to 1.2-million-man, the world's fifth-largest fighting force. Two-thirds of those soldiers are stationed within 60 miles of the DMZ. Credit: Gerhard Jörén/Asiaworksphotos.com Contact: sales@asiaworksphotos.com Legal Notice: Any use of this picture is subject to a license agreement entered into by the user and AsiaWorks Photography Ltd. All other rights reserved. Any re-use and redistribution of this image is prohibited. For sales enquiries regarding any additional use of this or other pictures from AsiaWorks Photography please contact sales@asiaworksphotos.com
Caption: Pyongyang, North_Korea - Jul 1994. Workers sweep the ground on in front of the Grand Monument, a bronze statue of Kim Il Sung, on Mansu Hill in Pyongyang. Kim Il Sung was the pseudonym for Kim Song Ju. Kim was born in Pyongi near Pyonyang in 1912. Kim and his family emigrated to Manchuria in the 1920's. In 1930 Kim founded the Korean Revolutionary Army, a guerrilla group that fought against the Japanese military. With the support of the Soviet Union and China he became the leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea in 1948. In the post-Korean War years Kim developed the idea of juche, an ideology of self-reliance blended with Marxism thus creating a distinct "native" Korean communism. In1994, at the age of 82, Kim Il Sung died. Credit: Gerhard Jörén/Asiaworksphotos.com Contact: sales@asiaworksphotos.com Legal Notice: Any use of this picture is subject to a license agreement entered into by the user and AsiaWorks Photography Ltd. All other rights reserved. Any re-use and redistribution of this image is prohibited. For sales enquiries regarding any additional use of this or other pictures from AsiaWorks Photography please contact sales@asiaworksphotos.com
