Hope for Reunification??

Says it all. 

Bell of Peace

 As the title of this post suggests , will it actually happen?? If it does , I would love to experience it if i'm still alive at that time. The story between the two Koreans , Soviet Union took the North and the United States of America took the South after Japan's defeat in the Second World War. Soviet Union introduced Communism while the USA introduced capitalism. War broke out between the two sides on 25th June 1950 when the North invaded the South. The bloody war finally ended on 27th June 1953 , the war lasted for 3 years and a month.

War memorial for those who died during the Korean War

Peace messages by South Koreans 

Dorasan Train Station , built in the hope of reunification 

 An agreement was signed to allocate a Demilitarized Zone , or simply DMZ , which it 2km wide from each side. No military installations are allowed in this area. During my trip to Korea in July , we visited the DMZ and you can feel the sense of devastation and utter sadness that the Koreans faced when they had to be divided among their families. Efforts had been made to increase the hopes for the reunification of Korea , for example , the Bell of Peace and the building of the Dorasan Station which links the two capitals , Seoul and Pyongyang. When I was at the DMZ area , I could actually feel the tension between the two sides as there are many soldiers guarding the area , barb wires , beware-of-mines sides and an army base. Unfortunately , the tension between North and South and the US had risen recently because of the North Korean tests on their long-range ballistic missiles. Hopefully , there will not be two countries in the Korean peninsula in the future. Reunification?? Only time will tell..    

South Korean soldier