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Tanks, guns and 'dragon's teeth' guard South Korea frontier island • FRANCE 24 English

FRANCE24, 10 Dec 2022
In South Korea's westernmost territory, soldiers outnumber residents, and you can see North Korea from almost every barbed wire-lined beach. Welcome to Baekryeong Island, a community on the front line. Far closer to the North Korean mainland than it is to the South, Baekryeong is a fortress: tanks are parked at the sides of roads, there are guard posts on every hill, and the picturesque beaches are covered in ‘dragon's teeth’ to deter invasion.
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