Daeseong-dong
Daeseong -dong is a village near Panmunjeom in the South Korean province of Gyeonggi -do. It is one of only two villages in the demilitarized zone of the Korean peninsula ( DMZ).
Special status
Daeseong -dong propaganda bears the nickname " Freedom Village". Less than two kilometers away is Kijong -dong, the designated pages of North Korea as a "peace village", titled in South Korea, however, with " Propaganda Village". Both settlements disconnect among other minefields.
Due to its exposed and superior location within the DMZ both villages are under constant surveillance in particular by the warring Koreas and in each case under the protectorate of the Korean People's Army on the one or the United States Forces Korea ( as the representative of the United Nations ) on the other side and both objective and source of mutual agitation. Furthermore, a nightly curfew.
Population
The population Daeseong -dong is limited to farmers who were there at the signing of the ceasefire agreement in 1953 already land or building owners and their direct descendants. 1998 the village had 237 inhabitants, in 2010 there were still 210 Taking into account their difficult life circumstances, the inhabitants of the village are not taxable, get higher revenues in marketing their agricultural products awarded and are also exempt from military service.
Elementary school students with a U.S. soldier
Guide to Elementary School
Attractions
Daeseong -dong distinguished from a truss tower with a height of about 100 meters. This serves as a flagpole and carries on its top a nearly 140 -pound flag of South Korea. Its construction was responding to a previously built in Kijong -dong North Korean counterpart.