Tourists taking pictures at the site of the 3rd Tunnel. Photos: The Star/Ong Han Sean
The soldier scrutinised my passport and handed it back. He waved our bus through the checkpoint and we are now in the Korean Demilitarised Zone (DMZ), often touted as the world’s most dangerous border.
Visiting the DMZ had always been on my bucket list and the opportunity came when I was invited as a delegate in the Korea Foundation’s Asean Next Generation Leaders’ Visit Korea programme in South Korea.
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