Message from Clay Dube

[clay dube]

The South Korean film mentioned above is JSA -- Joint Security Area. It's a bit melodramatic, but it pounds home the notion that what unites us far surpasses what divides us. It is available from Amazon:

http://www.amazon.com/J-S-Joint-Security-Area/dp/B0009NZ78I

You can probably buy it for less in Koreatown or elsewhere, but be sure you get the English subtitled version (some only have Chinese subtitles). As you saw, there are clips available on YouTube.

I've probably posted a lot more on this in threads on Korea, but for now, you might find this discussion of the JSA (meaning that UN/North Korean jurisdictions overlap) interesting. I visited in 2003 and found it fascinating. That was the 50th anniversary of the end of the Korean War (or at least the end of major fighting, no peace treaty has ever been signed) and National Geographic had good coverage (July issue?). The USO (yes, the USO) organized our tour to the DMZ and JSA.

http://www.lifeinkorea.com/Culture/DMZ/dmz.cfm?subject=jsa#Joint%20Security%20Area%20%28JSA%29 -- the "In front of them all." tagline is everywhere at the military installation there.

(annoying pop-ups at this site)http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/facility/jsa-pics.htm

(US Army site)http://8tharmy.korea.army.mil/JSA/