Inside Korea's demilitarized zone

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North Korean defectors, now living in South Korea, release balloons carrying propaganda leaflets denouncing North Korea's late leader Kim Jong-Il at Imjingak, near the Demilitarized zone (DMZ) separating South and North Korea on December 28, 2011 in Paju, South Korea. (Getty Images)

As North Korea maintains its aggressive stance against the U.S. and South Korea, we take a look at life inside The Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ). The DMZ is a strip of land running across the Korean Peninsula that serves as a buffer zone between North and South Korea which runs along the 38th parallel north. The DMZ cuts the Korean Peninsula roughly in half; and was created as part of the Korean Armistice Agreement between North Korean, People's Republic of China, and United Nations Command forces in 1953. It is 250 km long, approximately 4 km wide and despite its name is the most heavily militarized border in the world.