The war is not over. Thus said the wife of the American vet who was detained by the NK police last month, and released only after extensive lobbying by the US. As it turned out, the vet was part of a special-forces team that worked behind enemy lines in North Korea, seeking defectors. When I visited the border area, one of the old-timer expats explained the situation as analogous to a Saudi man visiting NYC on a package tour, then asking around about some buddies who were in New York in late 2001. To the North Koreans, the war is definitely still going on -- that is the only way to justify the extreme measures taken in all parts of that country.
Log of our travels and thoughts.