| Hang Young Forein Language High School is a very prestigous
private school. |
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Cell phones and students can not be seperated. |
| Hang Young Foreign Language High School offers instruction
in German, French, Spanish, Latin, English and other languages. Students
must meet all their regular academic requirements as well as their foreign
language requirements. |
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Class sizes run from 40 to 50 students per class. The students
first class is usually 7:30 AM and their last class finishes about 11PM.
High school students told us they usually get about 4 to 5 hours of sleep
per night. |
| The student body publishes magazines and newspapers in several
languages. |
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We found these high school students to be eager to practice
their English language skills and ask questions about our schools. |
| In this complex there is an elementary, middle and High School
that can be seen in this picture. They all share this common playground
area. There is also a wooded area that is for common use. |
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Some middle school students on the playground. |
At the end of World War II the isthmus of Korea was divided
in half so the Russians and Chinese could assist the northern part and
the Allies could work with the southern part. On June 25, 1950 North Korea
suddenly invaded the South almost occupying the entire southern part of
the peninsula. The South and her allies pushed back and occupied most
of the north. Then the Peoples Republic of China entered the war. After
4 years of bloody fighting at a cost of two million lives the war had
stabilized to a standoff at about the original division line as established
at the end of World War II.
South Korea and her allies mantain a very strong military presence at
the Demiliterized Zone (DMZ). |
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This picture shows some of the buildings
and monuments near the separation line between the North and South. |
| The DMZ is a strip of land that runs north and south across
the isthmus of Korea. It was established to separate the two nations at
about the 38th parallel. No military activities are allowed inside the Zone.
This picture shows the original buildings constructed on the separation
line. The one story silver and blue buildings are constructed over and perpendicular
to the line. Each building is half in each country. There is a concrete
strip that notes where the line is located and a line in each building marking
the line. |
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North Korean, South Korean and US solders come very close
together. |
| A group of visitors from the North Korean
side look at us. I wonder what questions they are asking in their minds. |
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This picture was taken inside building
T3. It is the room where major disagreements were attempted to be settled.
This is the actual table that was and is still used today for negotiations.
It sits on the line, you will note the line going down the middle of the
table. The United States Army Sergeant is standing half in the North and
Half in the South. |
| A solder from the Republic of Korea stands
guard at the head of the table. No civilians are allowed to cross the
line at that end of the table. Warren and Ginger Dale are standing in
South Korea, Susan Dresher is standing in North Korea. This room is the
only place a person can cross to part of the other country and it must
be done at the far side of this table. |
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This is an observation post inside North
Korea. Note the white post in the lower portion of the picture. It is
part of a line of posts that runs coast to coast constituting the DMZ.
The area just outside the DMZ is presently contains the most concentrated
hostile military concentration presently on the earth. All of this less
then an hours drive from Seoul, the capital of the south. |
| In the distance you can see "Propaganda
Village". It is a very nice village built by the North Korean Government
to entice South Koreans to escape to the better living conditions and
society of the North. You can almost see the 160 meter flag pole that
was constructed as a beacon of the North Korean government. No one is
allowed to live in this city. |
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