In this picture taken on October 27, 2022, soldiers take part in a routine practice before an upcoming drill on Sagot Beach at Baekryeong Island, located two kilometres from the de facto maritime border and just 14 kilometres from the North Korean mainland. AFPPIX: It is South Korea's westernmost territory, soldiers outnumber residents, and you can see North Korea from almost every barbed wire-lined beach: welcome to Baekryeong Island, a community on the front line.
The island has long been a potential military flashpoint: North Korea’s Kim claimed in 2013 that he could “rain down a sea of fire” on Baekryeong, and then staged amphibious mock invasion drills in 2017. When she was growing up on Baekryeong, located two kilometres from the de facto maritime border and just 14 kilometres from the North Korean mainland, Kim was regularly evacuated during periods of high tension.
Choi said such events were a “common occurrence” but after 70 years in limbo people have learnt to live with constant tension -- the Korean War ended with an armistice, leaving the two sides technically still at war. One of its most jarring attractions is a cliff formation known as Dumujin, described in the writings of one Joseon Dynasty scholar as “the last masterpiece of an old god.”
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