Tanks, guns and 'dragon's teeth' guard South Korea frontier island

Dec 9, 2022
In 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. Far closer to the North Korean mainland than it is to the South, Baekryeong is a fortress: tanks are parked at the sides of roads, there are guard posts on every hill, and the picturesque beaches are covered in ‘dragon's teeth’ to deter invasion