Wonderful Wildlife Is Thriving In Korea's DMZ Without Human Meddling
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- 03 Apr 2023
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In the absence of humans, the demilitarized zone between North and South Korea has become a beaming biome.
The Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) is, despite its name, the most militarized border in the world. Thanks to the absence of humans, however, this depopulated strip of land running across the Korean peninsula has become a haven for wildlife and hosts many of Korea’s rarest species.
The DMZ runs between South Korea and North Korea, roughly diving the peninsular in half. It was established in the early days of the Cold War through an armistice designed to end the Korean War (1950 to 1953) between the communist-backed North and the US-supported South.
Still to this day, parts of this 250-kilometer (160-mile) long belt of land are filled with landmines and barbed wire fences, but much of it remains a “no man’s land” where civilians are strictly forbidden from treading. Read More…
