DMZ part 2

Okay on with our tour.
Today we are going to visit the MAC (Military Armistice Commission) Building. This is where meetings are conducted in an unfriendly atmosphere.
The line goes through the middle of the building, on the table going left to right you can see some microphones in the center of the table. These record 24 hours a day. They also mark the line in the building.

Here is another shot of the same table.

There is the cement line outside the window as well.

Don't tell anyone but I went past the line for about 2 minutes to take a picture. Harland did not.

The next picture is of the flags of countries that participate in the UNC. There used to be a shelf with little actual flags on it. But then one day a North Korean went over there during a meeting, took down the US flag and polished his shoes with it. Now there is a plaque instead.


This next picture is interesting. This is a shot of the door on the North Side. See to your left how the wall has a white spot and so does the door? Well, there is an interesting reason. The white comes from the paint being rubbed off. Why? Because everyday they lock and unlock this door. And apparently the North Koreans used to try and pull the person locking (or unlocking) the door through the door. So now two people have to lock the door. One at the door and the other one holds the other guy while bracing himself on the wall. Before I went to the DMZ I didn't really realize things were still this intense. But they are. South Koreans talk about reunification all the time... but after seeing this, I think it is still a long time coming.