Peace Village
Peace Village
Occasionally, international politics play an essential important role in the establishment of these forbidden places – Kijŏng-dong (Peace Village) is an excellent example of that. Situated inside the Demilitarized Zone between North and South Korea. Kijŏng-dong is often called the propaganda village as it consists of; furnished houses, clean streets, and organized planning. These are tactics to try to persuade the other side that they are doing well. But, on closer investigation, the village seems to be deserted with windows painted on, and the main objective is to also reassure the outside world that all is going well in North Korea.
Chernobyl Exclusion Zone
Chernobyl Exclusion Zone
Heard the expression, not great, not terrible? The HBO Series, Chernobyl definitely brought much attention to the Chernobyl disaster again, a nuclear disaster that happened in 1986, in Pripyat, Ukraine. Even though 34 years have passed since the nuclear mishap, the radiation level in the proximity remains relatively high, even destructive in several areas. Still, it is possible to tour particular areas in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, but many areas still remain forbidden. There are groups known as ‘stalkers’ who wonder about secretly in the exclusion zone, but that’s not something we recommend at all.
