Park seeds ‘peace’ in the DMZ
Sangsoo Lee and Alec Forss
Park Geun-hye hopes to displace some of the misnomer of the Demilitarized Zone by turning part of the heavily mined buffer between the two Koreas into a “park for peace”. The South Korean president’s plan faces significant obstacles, but the wildlife there may at least serve as a talking point for Seoul and Pyongyang
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