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CNBC's Carl Quintanilla takes a rare look inside Korea's demilitarized zone.
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A Look Inside Korea's Demilitarized Zone | CNBC

[@Texas613]

My brother was stationed near the DMZ and he said it’s an extremely quiet place as well. It’s eerily quiet there. And that blue building was originally used for south and North Korean families could spend time together. It’s never been used for that purpose.

[@frankdenardo8684]

The blue buildings was used for negotiations between North Korea, South Korea, the United States, and United Nations Representatives

[@feitopuns]

@@frankdenardo8684 but originally its not meant for that

[@AzmiMaulanaHamdani]

@@feitopuns it's for peace treaty but never did

[@Yuhon100]

Hope you can tell me more about it because it is interesting.

[@johnblaesel5493]

The JSA is off limits now to tourists because some stupid and @ssholic U.S. soldier decided to dart across the border last July to avoid a court martial for committing numerous crimes while deployed to South Korea.

[@ppslayergod69xd96]

Koreans used Koreans to keep Koreans from escaping to Koreans.

[@averagecommenter3006]

Info hazard

[@MatthewVanston]

I know. Crazy, right?

[@tatami6107]

Is that a tongue twister?🤨(。_。)

[@myart81]

KOREAN WAR NEVER ENDED! IT WAS AND STILL IS A CEASEFIRE! Technically, Korean War is still active.

[@minajavemasa3965]

20년안에 이전쟁은 끝납니다 걱정마세요

[@juliant43]

Ask the DMZ VETS. We know the story

[@teebee4992]

In every video I see of DMZ visits, the south looks more tense and hostile. The ROC guard stand half block behind the corner of build with dark glasses. They stand all stiff with clinch fist in the meeting room, and south visitor are not not allow to sit at or place anything on the tables. They are told NOT to take pictures back toward the south building. But the north soldiers just march about. North visitors sit at the table for the briefing by the north commander and it just appears to be so much less intimidating and tense.

[@ulverresendiz4792]

@@minajavemasa3965 ni te en tiendo

[@imperators_8700]

Peter Han the peace treaty has been signed since this comment was made

[@mj506]

1:42 leaves trying to leave north korea.

[@mreagle4689]

leaves have more freedom of travel than most citizens in this world

[@idontknow7738]

😂😂😂🤤😲🤤😂😂😂

[@abraappiah-kubi933]

Oh my! This is so scary. Same people, same heritage but divided. Wow!

[@davidjenkins6626]

As a soldier I wouldn’t be able to stand that many hrs.

[@BengtSkillen]

well it's either that or the labour camps...take your pick!

[@herkload]

Are you still a soldier?

[@bobbart6498]

For a DMZ, it sure seems like there are a lot of soldiers.

[@mastergrim8579]

So its like a vmz very militarised zone

[@notoriousfly9260]

The demilitarized zone is the strip in between North and South Korea.

[@floridaactor]

I visited the DMZ in 2009 while on a trip to visit our U.S. Army family who were stationed in South Korea. So many videos do not show Tunnel 3. That was quite a trip! We managed to take the tour through the USO in Seoul.

[@Yuhon100]

Sounds interesting, I wish you can tell me about your experience and your trip to the most dangerous borders in the world. I like to find out more about information about it.

[@Mr.Dobalina_Mr.BobDobalina]

With his opening sentence being inaccurate, I paused it the video, wrote this comment, and now I'll find a better, accurate source of info. C'mon CNBC, do your homework.

[@geoffreylee5199]

The Tours are available for anyone. The DPRK runs tours on their side too; it is a required part of their tours.

[@HuzaifaKhan-iy5qj]

I really wanted to see that place!😁

[@metalmessenger]

Has anyone here been on a tour to this place? I’m starting to do some research, maybe next year if i have a chance.

[@iqbal3305]

Did you manage to do a tour?

[@stephengill7147]

Hearts are too hardened.... Peace will never come without change. No one wins a war..... No one.... Everyone loses because life is lost and a single life is valuable never mind hundreds or thousands

[@astom89]

korean war did not end! people misunderstand because the peninsula have shown no significant casualties after 1950s but the war technically is still ongoing...

[@notoriousfly9260]

Not anymore.

[@johnblaesel5493]

The Korean DMZ is definitely on my bucket list as being one of those places to visit.

[@Collector3476]

Just don’t try to cross the border into North Korea because you don’t want to know what the North Korean guards will do if they see you crossing illegally in North Korea.

[@johnblaesel5493]

@@Collector3476 Unfortunately the JSA was off limits to tourists now due to an idiot, moronic and assholic U.S. soldier who dashed across the border last July in order to to avoid a court martial for numerous crimes he committed during his deployment to Korea. Unfortunately, the North Koreans gave him back to us and he was then charged with desertion and will eventually undergo a court martial anyway. F@cking idiot. 😡

[@johnblaesel5493]

@@Collector3476Unfortunately, the JSA is off limits to tourists now because last July, a stupid and moronic U.S. soldier decided to dash across the border to avoid a court martial for numerous crimes he committed during his deployment to South Korea (assault & battery, production of child pornography, etc.). Unfortunately, the North Koreans gave him back to us and he was then charged with desertion and will undergo a court martial anyway. The JSA has always been the highlight of the tour, but thanks to this @sshole, we can no longer see it.

[@strauqq1]

The more I research this, the more I get confused. Wtf?

[@Zuwie4]

Who would have thought that Trump would be crossing that border in less than 1.5 years.

[@jacfac9969]

Mr Beast 24 hours in the North Korean Demilitarized Zone challenge (gone wrong!)

[@우유딸기-t4o]

Im here because of minseok

[@camerongupta6994]

I liked when Conan went there

[@gamingforaday5446]

Cameron Gupta me too!😆😂

[@p.v.5142]

What??

[@PardonJulianAssangeNow]

Makes you feel sick that the Americans have insisted for their flag to fly around the Korean DMZ. The USA isn’t the worlds policeman!

[@rosanirodrigues557]

Spark Plug they kinda are pacifically NATO.

[@Ktaurus26]

Rosani Rodrigues nato isn’t the world police. Nato is outdated and has no purpose in today’s world

[@RedRooster123]

It's not...but I'd rather have them there, then the Russians, at this point.

[@colocolo789]

I am Korean but US had been strong allies and they had made a great scarifice during korean war.

[@aikonoklas]

Please read about korean war. 36000 americans died to help defend south korea against the north’s invasion. the DMZ was created as the aftermath of that war.

[@jaysartori9032]

That village just across the DMZ with the huge North Korean flag is it's called a propaganda village because no one lives there! They also want to draw South Korea over to the Northside, but "NO ONE LIVES THERE IT"S ALL EMPTY CRAP!!

[@eigshaji4174]

2:28 hot soldier spotted

[@sibelasukaj1460]

Eigsha Ji 😂😂😂

[@trishmarsh1968]

I noticed him, too! He looks like a cute K-pop star ;)

[@jeffyowell]

Just as a reminder: Does anyone out there, in South Korea especially, know what would happen if the US military withdrew from the DMZ? Please detail in comments, thanks

[@JoeOutdoors]

The world country count will decrease by one.

[@doncarehairintheair9986]

YOU DONT SAY

[@doncarehairintheair9986]

It’s something east parallel. Not concerned.

[@bunnykokie9579]

If korea as one..I think people of korea are happy..

[@stefangiesche145]

South Korea needs a new capital. Much more in the south. Maybe Busan or Ulsan..

[@dullatep93]

Can you explain why logically?

[@Sanjay-zj1dw]

@@dullatep93 I think Seoul is around 50km from North Korea and easily prone to artillery shell attacks from North Korea. U can confirm with a google search

[@jimmieyoung925]

One of thing to remember is it's a cease fire for the waris actually still going on

[@jantichy9918]

3:48 I wonder if one of those soldiers would try to escape, what would happen? Because we have seen the escape with jeep. But what if i am north korean soldier who is on the watch looking at south korean solider and starting to run into South Korea side of a border?

[@petergraves9677]

it's happened before. NK defector rushed border a few years ago. His comrades shot him, but he survived and is now in the South.

[@jantichy9918]

@@petergraves9677 Ok thank you for the answer.

[@eddiedeleon2425]

a chess game i saw Sir or tempest a chapter in Victor Hugo's Les Miserables

[@DUDEfreestyle]

#FreeKorea2025

[@chrisjordan7592]

A misnomer. There's more military in this zone than anywhere else.

[@garrisonnichols807]

This is how Check Point Charlie in Germany used to be like.

[@jeanmarievianneyniyomwunge5887]

it's very difficult to meeddle the 2parts

[@hennatnav]

How did they build those blue building? Without crossing border?

[@amosslayer.4236]

Dudes whats with the ad

[@doncarehairintheair9986]

No he’s not dead what a concept

[@wonsojus]

MINSEOK SUPREMACY

[@ellajagonoy3723]

lmao literally went here for Minseok

[@우유딸기-t4o]

HAHAHA omg same

[@nikitagregory7484]

I’m worried about him, it’s said to be really dangerous 🥺

[@urmom-cy2ff]

wait omg is minseok in here??

[@stoggafllik]

Bunch of d riding fan girls

[@tashawillie6743]

which shows first-hand footage of the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ). What are some specific observations you can make about the DMZ, the space around the DMZ, and the tension surrounding this area? help 🆘 it's my homework it's due today?

[@ruhanfx]

i have that same exact question for hw for aphg

[@harshmnr]

Let's not forget at least one good thing: North and South Korea marched together as Korea for this Olympics. :) ~:~

[@princesscaololan5327]

Why dont north korean border guards just run to south korea? Its right in front of them. They can walk right into freedom but still they dont wanna go and still wants to suffer

[@iSyriux]

Because in the DMZ, north korea still has the right to shoot down escapees, but once they have escaped the DMZ, south korea accepts them into their country.

[@hxvjaa]

If they make a run their 3 generations of family will be punished

[@preciousjose]

princess caol olan cuz their family gets murdered.

[@armeniancrusader301]

Hujova sadly . North Korea is a Bad country. but then the escaper can continue his family in South Korea or wherever he wants to go next.

[@bradcogar2915]

If you run your entire family that is still in N Korea will taken out or sent to labor camps.

[@doncarehairintheair9986]

WHO CARES. YOU SLEEP FOR A REASON.

[@donn5657]

Why don't the U.S or U.N put a paper card boards behind on all the windows on all the bunkers, so the N. Korea soldiers cannot see what is going inside. 👁️👁️

[@Gainsforlife]

This coulda been America if the civil war went the other way

[@alexfriedman2047]

Wut??? Noone would remember "a unified Korea" What a stupid thing to say.... Korean was under Japanese occupation since 1910 and after WW2 it was immediately split in half. So yeah if someone was like 120 at this time then remember. Or if they are talking about under Japan then 90 + year olds might remember.

[@JoeOutdoors]

Those that don't know history are going to repeat it. The dumbing down of the world started when they stopped teaching cursive . . .

[@ballconei4879]

Is this the area they just blew up?

[@astropanda-1117]

What

[@ballconei4879]

@@astropanda-1117 Is this the area they just blew up?

[@somethingelse4878]

Yes yes DMZ we all have routers

[@MQretrolite]

wtf was that sus ass ad-

[@Czech801]

what if someone throw a granade on the north side?

[@JoeOutdoors]

Nothing if you are there to catch it.

[@gingermarie1760]

God loves you so much that He sent His Holy Son Jesus from heaven to earth, to be born of a virgin, to grow up and die on a cross for our sins, and to be put into a tomb 3 days and rise from the dead the third day, and He (Jesus) went back up to heaven. We must receive Sinless Jesus sincerely to be God's child(John 1:12).After we get saved by grace through faith in Christ, if we truly love the Lord Jesus Christ, then we will obey Jesus(John 14:15). Mark 1:15 "And saying, the time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: Repent ye, and believe the gospel." Jesus said in John 14:15 "If you love Me, keep My commandments. "There's a real hell. It says in Revelation 21:8 "But for the cowardly, and unbelieving, and abominable, and murderers, and immoral persons & sorcerers & idolaters and all liars, their part will be in the lake that burns with fire and brimstone..." Please sincerely receive Holy Jesus and put your true faith & trust in Him today and please repent.

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[@somekid3242]

......I understand

[@recee3774]

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[@XgiannettoX]

Thank TO TRUMP

[@preciousjose]

Gianni 😂

[@monarchistemu6054]

Oh no he didn't.

[@armeniancrusader301]

Gianni yea USA killing Persian general 😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒

[@subsWithnovideos-ib3pq]

Thanks to most of the previous presidents besides trump... you think trumps increasing world peace with his childish attitude