this is the village of taesung, home to 138 people, many now in their 60s and over.ong—rae was here long before the korean war would decide the village's peculiar fate. translation: don't get me started on what i went - through during the war. it was unspeakable. we were caught in the crossfire. both sides were firing at each other with the village in the middle. news archive: communist troops have invaded southern korea. - you could see the bullets flying left and right. a set of documents is signed by general harrison. - when a ceasefire brought an end to the fighting, the demilitarised zone was created to keep the two warring armies apart. all the villages inside this 2.5 mile—wide buffer zone were cleared, but taesung was allowed to remain along with a village to the north to serve as a symbol of peace and hope that one day korea would be reunified. dong—rae's husband was shot in the stomach by north korean soldiers and later died from his injury, leaving her to raise their six children in a perpetual state of high alert. there are no shops, restaurants or medica

this is the village of taesung, home to 138 people, many now in their 60s and over. dong—rae was here long before the korean war would decide the village's peculiar fate. translation: don't get me started on what i went - through during the war. it was unspeakable. we were caught in the crossfire. both sides were firing at each other with the village in the middle. news archive: communist troops have invaded southern korea. - you could see the bullets flying left and right. a set of documents is signed by general harrison. - when a ceasefire brought an end to the fighting, the demilitarised zone was created to keep the two warring armies apart. all the villages inside this 2.5 mile—wide buffer zone were cleared, but taesung was allowed to remain along with a village to the north to serve as a symbol of peace and hope that one day korea would be reunified. dong—rae's husband was shot in the stomach by north korean soldiers and later died from his injury, leaving her to raise their six children in a perpetual state of high alert. there are no shops, restaurants or medi

this is the village of taesung, home to 138 people, many now in their 60s and over.rae was here long before the korean war would decide the village's peculiar fate. translation: don't get me started on what i went - through during the war. it was unspeakable. we were caught in the crossfire. both sides were firing at each other with the village in the middle. news archive: communist troops have invaded southern korea. _ you could see the bullets flying left and right. a set of documents is signed by general harrison. - when a ceasefire brought an end to the fighting, the demilitarised zone was created to keep the two warring armies apart. all the villages inside this 2.5 mile—wide buffer zone were cleared, but taesung was allowed to remain along with a village to the north to serve as a symbol of peace and hope that one day korea would be reunified. dong—rae's husband was shot in the stomach by north korean soldiers and later died from his injury, leaving her to raise their six children in a perpetual state of high alert. there are no shops, restaurants or medical fa

this is the village of taesung, home to 138 people, many now in their 60s and over. kim dong—rae was here long before the korean war would decide the village's peculiar fate. translation: don't get me started on what i went - through during the war. it was unspeakable. we were caught in the crossfire. both sides were firing at each other with the village in the middle. news archive: communist troops have invaded southern korea. - you could see the bullets flying left and right. a set of documents is signed by general harrison. - when a ceasefire brought an end to the fighting, the demilitarised zone was created to keep the two warring armies apart. all the villages inside this 2.5 mile—wide buffer zone were cleared, but taesung was allowed to remain along with a village to the north to serve as a symbol of peace and hope that one day korea would be reunified. dong—rae's husband was shot in the stomach by north korean soldiers and later died from his injury, leaving her to raise their six children in a perpetual state of high alert. there are no shops, restaurants or

our correspondent in seouljean mackenzie went to taesung to meet the few people who still live there.om main, this is freedom six, over. but beyond the barbed wire sits a deceivingly peaceful village where a tiny community of south koreans live in the shadow of their enemy, north korea, closely guarded by an elite battalion of soldiers. like many of the villagers, mrs kim was born here before korea was even divided. she's now offered some serious perks to convince her to stay. she doesn't pay taxes or rent, and with extreme isolation comes an abundance of land to farm. "one day when i was gathering acorns, north korean soldiers came too close", mrs kim tells me. "i started screaming. "it was so scary". the village of taesung was established at the end of the korean war as a symbol of peace along with another village in the north, kijong, but no one is thought to live there now. given that the north koreans have decided to abandon this village and they don't have people living there, why do you keep people living here? right, many people believe that both taesung dong and kijong—dong e

this is the village of taesung, home to 138 people, many now in their 60s and over.was here long before the korean war would decide the village's peculiar fate. translation: don't get me started on what i went - through during the war. it was unspeakable. we were caught in the crossfire. both sides were firing at each other with the village in the middle. news archive: communist troops have invaded southern korea. _ you could see the bullets flying left and right. a set of documents is signed by general harrison. - when a ceasefire brought an end to the fighting, the demilitarised zone was created to keep the two warring armies apart. all the villages inside this 2.5 mile—wide buffer zone were cleared, but taesung was allowed to remain along with a village to the north to serve as a symbol of peace and hope that one day korea would be reunified. dong—rae's husband was shot in the stomach by north korean soldiers and later died from his injury, leaving her to raise their six children in a perpetual state of high alert. there are no shops, restaurants or medical facili

taesung — known as the freedom village — in the south, and kijong — known as the peace village — in thehrough checkpoint after checkpoint on our journey into the heart of the demilitarized zone, the strip of land separating north and south korea. freedom main, this is freedom six, over. but beyond the barbed wire sits a deceivingly peaceful village where a tiny community of south koreans live in the shadow of their enemy, north korea, closely guarded by an elite battalion of soldiers. like many of the villagers, mrs kim was born here before korea was even divided. she's now offered some serious perks to convince her to stay. she doesn't pay taxes or rent, and with extreme isolation comes an abundance of land to farm. "one day when i was gathering acorns, north korean soldiers came too close", mrs kim tells me. "i started screaming. "it was so scary." the village of taesung was established at the end of the korean war as a symbol of peace along with another village in the north, kijong, but no one is thought to live there now. given that the north koreans have decided to abandon this vil

the village of taesung was established at the end of the korean war as a symbol of peace, along withhave decided to abandon this village and they don't have people living there, why do you keep people living here? right, many people believe that both taesung—dong and kijong—dong exist in the hope of one day reunifying the korean peninsula. failing that, perhaps one day it could pave the way for the normalisation of relations between the two koreas. but this hope is dying. last month, the north declared unification impossible and branded south korea its number one enemy, putting the elderly residents on the front line of escalating tensions. we're taken out to the fields along the border. beyond the rusty sign is north korea. here, farmers must be escorted by soldiers with machine guns. we're so close to north korea now. the border isjust there behind us and there is no fencing whatsoever. so there is nothing to physically stop the soldiers from walking into these fields and then on into the village. as darkness descends, the threat rises. soldiers go door to door, checking everyone's

but a small community of south koreans were left inside the zone in the village of taesung, guarded daykenzie spent time with the us—led coalition army that runs the village. we pass through checkpoint after checkpoint on ourjourney into the heart of the demilitarized zone, the strip of land separating north and south korea. freedom main, this is freedom 6, over. but beyond the barbed wire sits a deceivingly peaceful village where a tiny community of south koreans live in the shadow of their enemy, north korea, closely guarded by an elite battalion of soldiers. like many of the villagers, mrs kim was born here before korea was even divided. she's now offered some serious perks to convince her to stay. she doesn't pay taxes or rent, and with extreme isolation comes an abundance of land to farm. "one day when i was gathering acorns, north korean soldiers came too close", mrs kim tells me. "i started screaming. it was so scary". the village of taesung was established at the end of the korean war as a symbol of peace aong with another village in the north, kijong, but no one is thought to l

our correspondent in seouljean mackenzie went to taesung to meet the few people who still live there.ng north and south korea. freedom main, this is freedom 6, over. but beyond the barbed wire sits a deceivingly peaceful village where a tiny community of south koreans live in the shadow of their enemy, north korea, closely guarded by an elite battalion of soldiers. like many of the villagers, mrs kim was born here before korea was even divided. she's now offered some serious perks to convince her to stay. she doesn't pay taxes or rent, and with extreme isolation comes an abundance of land to farm. "one day when i was gathering acorns, north korean soldiers came too close", mrs kim tells me. "i started screaming. it was so scary". the village of taesung was established at the end of the korean war as a symbol of peace along with another village in the north, kijong, but no one is thought to live there now. given that the north koreans have decided to abandon this village and they don't have people living there, why do you keep people living here? right, many people believe that both ta

mackenzie went to taesung to meet the few people who still live there.. but beyond the barbed wire sets a deceivingly peaceful village. where a tiny community of south koreans live in the shadow of their enemy. north korea. closely guarded by an elite battalion of soldiers. like many of the villagers, mrs kim was born here before korea was even divided. she has now been offered some serious perks to convince her to stay. she doesn't pay taxes or rent and with extreme isolation comes an abundance of land to farm. one day when i was gathering acorns, north korean soldiers came to close, mrs kim tells me. i started screaming. it was so scary. the village was established at the end of the korean war as a symbol of peace. along with another village in the north. but no one is thought to live there now. given the north koreans have decided to abandon this village, and they don't have people living there, why do you keep people living here? right. many people believe that both exist in the hope of one day we unifying the korean peninsular. failing that, perhaps