Cranes in the Demilitarized Zone
02 January 2022 |
5:26 pm
Some 70 years after the end of the Korean War, a four-kilometer-wide demilitarized zone — known as the 'DMZ' — still runs along the border on the 38th parallel on the Korean Peninsula. The site, which has seen incidents, has become a sanctuary for cranes.
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