HIKING TRAILS ALONG THE DMZ

A series of hiking routes have opened along one of the world’s most dangerous borders.

The South Korean “peace trail” follows the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), the 2.5-mile-wide stretch of land that separates the republic with North Korea.

The government-organised trail will open in three areas along the 160-mile-long border, in the counties of Goseong-gun and Cheorwon-gun in Gangwon-do province and Paju in Gyeonggi-do province.

The first approved trail, which is 2km long, has opened in Goseong-gun in eastern South Korea. It will take hikers from the Unification Observatory to Mount Kumgang Observatory.

Hikers will walk along barbed-wire fences that mark the start of the no man’s land between the two countries.