Trip to the DMZ: A Photo Essay (Part IV)

Outside the Souvenir Shop of Camp Bonifas. Emerald Anne Jorda on the left and China Pring on the right.

(Photo courtesy of Emerald Anne Jorda)

Ricardo Rosit posing beside North Korean products being sold at the Souvenir Shop.

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Ma. Regina Pato posing in front of Korean products.

Angeline Lopez and Emerald Ann Jorda posing in front of a display of dolls in traditional Korean garb.

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 Gerard Angelo Bambilla posing in front of a display of dolls in traditional Korean garb while Emerald Anne Jorda (to the left of Gerard) looks at North Korean currency for sale.

The group pose in front of the observatory where, on a clear day, the North Korean city of Kaesong and its industrial complex (the most tangible manifestation of former President Kim Dae Jung's Sunshine Policy towards North Korea) can be seen via high resolution binoculars.

(Photo courtesy of Mary Grace Maquiniana)

From left to right: Mark James Evangelista, Gerard Angelo Bambilla, Professor Benedict Dedominics, Vicente Angel Ybiernas, Stephanie Afuang and Ricardo Rosit at the observation deck.

From left to right: Professor Emely Abagat, Emerald Anne Jorda and Mark James Evangelista at the observation deck.

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The group pose in front of the so-called Third Infiltration Tunnel facility. 

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After the Military Armistice Agreement was signed on July 27, 1953, the North Koreans made a few more futile attempts to invade South Korea. Among these failed attempts were the construction of infiltration tunnels, four of which have been discovered thus far.

The entrance to the so-called Third Infiltration Tunnel facility.

A South Korean soldier orients us just outside the Third Infiltration Tunnel facility.

A map of the so-called Third Infiltration Tunnel facility.

Fun times at outside the so-called Third Infiltration Tunnel facility away from North Korean soldiers. From left: Nazcar Pine, Diana Lim, Mary Grace Maquiniana, Diane Marie Padua, China Pring, Stephanie Afuang, Regina Coeli Tan, and Caroline Manzano.
(Photo courtesy of Mary Grace Maquiniana)

Part of a movie about the Korean War and the Infiltration Tunnels shown at a mini-theater and museum across the tunnel entrance.
(Photo courtesy of Emerald Anne Jorda)

Some of the artifacts on display at the museum.