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NNSC peackeepers at their camp ion Panmunjom stand in front of the marker of the MDL (military demarcation line - the border between the two Koreas in the center of the Demilitarized Zone). The signage facing South is in English and Korean; the signage facing North is in English and Chinese. From Left: Swiss Major Patrick Andres; Swedish Rear Admiral Anders Grenstad; Swiss Major General Patrick Gauchat; Swiss Colonel Beat Klingelfuss. Photo; Andrew Salmon/Asia Times

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DMZ guardians could become ‘happiest jobless’ on earth

by Andrew Salmon May 20, 2018February 18, 2020

It is the most bizarre corner of one of the most bizarre places in East Asia: A tranquil little chunk of Western Europe sitting betwixt armies which, if they ever go to war, could very well ignite Armageddon across Asia. Welcome to the quiet, wooded compound of the Swedish and Swiss soldiers who form the […]