Google Offers Rare Look at Restricted Areas Near Korean Peninsula’s DMZ

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Google Offers Rare Look at Restricted Areas Near Korean Peninsula’s DMZ
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For the first time, 360-degree views of the land that borders the Korean Peninsula’s heavily fortified DMZ are available

Wildlife has flourished in and around the stretch of land that has separated North Korea from the South for the past 70 yearsJiyoung SohnSEOUL—For nearly 70 years, the demilitarized zone that divides the Korean Peninsula has stayed off limits to nearly

all human habitation.that border the DMZ, catching rare glimpses of former battle sites, as well as natural landscapes, fauna and endangered wildlife that has flourished in the decades since the Korean War hostilities ended with an armistice in July 1953.

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