GOSEONG, South Korea -- Kim Hak-yeon watched birds fly back and forth over the barbed-wire fences that map out the border between North and South Korea.

Tourists look toward North Korea from an observatory on the South Korean side of the Demilitarized Zone, Oct. 18, 2023. (Photo by Steven Borowiec)
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