Endangered animals now lives in demilitarized zone between North and South Korea
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Endangered animals now lives in demilitarized zone between North and South Korea

Newly released photos offer a rare glimpse into the abandoned demilitarized zone between North and South Korea, revealing rare wildlife and plant life flourishing in the space largely untouched by humans.

Endangered animals and unique flora thrive in the 160-mile-long borderland that humans have largely deserted for decades.

A total of 6,168 wildlife species have created a home in the DMZ area, where landmines buried underground are a reminder of the Korean War that ended in armistice some 70 years ago.

To mark the anniversary of the armistice and creation of the DMZ, Google Arts & Culture — in partnership with the National Institute of Ecology — released never-before-seen images of the flourishing wildlife taken within the zone. The photographs were taken by unmanned eco cameras installed in the zone by the National Institute of Ecology to study life there.

The striking images offer a look behind the curtain of life without humans in the zone, where 38% of Korea’s 267 endangered species live. According to the images, endangered cranes, mountain goats, musk deer, golden eagles, and Manchurian trout and trout all call the buffer zone between the two countries home.

Researchers said an Asiatic black bear was spotted on camera for the first time in 20 years within the zone in one of the images.

Environmental advocates have long called for the creation of official environmental protection for the DMZ. Peace talks between North and South Korea in 2018 raised hopes for one, but the talks fell through.

The Google project site highlighted, “After the Korean War, the DMZ had minimal human interference for over 70 years, and the damaged nature recovered on its own. As a result, it built up a new ecosystem not seen around the cities and has become a wildlife sanctuary.”

The DMZ is one of the most heavily militarized borders in the world, and the fact that this no man’s land could be teeming with life demonstrates the resiliency of nature when given a chance to flourish.


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