DMZ
A very interesting American comic ...turning Manhattan into a DMZ
Written by Brian Wood; Art by Wood and Riccardo Burchielli; Cover by Wood
(Plot Summary from Wiki) In the near future, America's worst nightmare has come true. With military adventurism overseas bogging down the Army and National Guard, the U.S. government mistakenly neglects the very real threat of anti-establishment militias scattered across the 50 states. Like a sleeping giant, Middle America rises up and violently pushes its way to the shining seas, coming to a standstill at the line in the sand — Manhattan or, as the world now knows it, the DMZ.
Matty Roth, a naïve young man and aspiring photojournalist, lands a dream gig following a veteran war journalist into the heart of the DMZ. Things soon go terribly wrong, and Matty finds himself lost and alone in a world he's only seen on television. There, he is faced with a choice: try to find a way off the island, or make his career with an assignment most journalists would kill for. But can he survive in a war zone long enough to report the truth?
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The real DMZ.... Korean DMZ (Korean Demilitarized Zone), a death zone between North and South Korea....
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Ted Turner: Turn Korean DMZ into peace park
From USATODAY
Posted 11/18/2005 8:16 AM
Turner first raised the idea of a peace park
during a visit to the two Koreas this summer, and urged both sides to
sign a peace treaty as a first step. North and South Korea technically
remain at war since their 1950-53 conflict ended in a cease-fire
instead of a peace treaty.
But the CNN founder went further at a dinner Thursday night, saying the DMZ, which is 2{ miles wide and 155 miles long, should also be declared a World Heritage Site, which would ensure that dozens of species unique to the area are preserved along with its history. The DMZ is about one-quarter the size of Yellowstone Park and goes from seashore to seashore, through river valleys and across mountains.
"The DMZ needs to be designated as a World Heritage Site and as a World Peace Park site because we've got to preserve it from development," Turner said. "Over the last 50 years, nobody's been in there and the birds and animals and trees and bushes and flowers" have flourished, he added. --> 100% full support on the Korean DMZ peace park project!!
Turner was speaking at a dinner honoring a new initiative to promote "sustainable tourism" at World Heritage Sites — landmarks designated by the U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, UNESCO. The initiative is being undertaken by Expedia Inc. and the United Nations Foundation, which Turner chairs.
The Foundation was created in 1998 to distribute the $1 billion Turner pledged to support U.N. causes.
Turner said the DMZ should be a monument to both North and South Korea and China and the United States, countries that lost thousands of young men fighting in the area.
He said he started working on the DMZ campaign because he was asked by the president of the International Crane Foundation. Every winter, about 4,000 cranes from two different species winter in the DMZ.
Mounir Bouchenaki, UNESCO's assistant director-general for culture, called Turner's proposal "very interesting" and said it should be explored. He said it would preserve the DMZ as a place of peace.
Written by Brian Wood; Art by Wood and Riccardo Burchielli; Cover by Wood
(Plot Summary from Wiki) In the near future, America's worst nightmare has come true. With military adventurism overseas bogging down the Army and National Guard, the U.S. government mistakenly neglects the very real threat of anti-establishment militias scattered across the 50 states. Like a sleeping giant, Middle America rises up and violently pushes its way to the shining seas, coming to a standstill at the line in the sand — Manhattan or, as the world now knows it, the DMZ.
Matty Roth, a naïve young man and aspiring photojournalist, lands a dream gig following a veteran war journalist into the heart of the DMZ. Things soon go terribly wrong, and Matty finds himself lost and alone in a world he's only seen on television. There, he is faced with a choice: try to find a way off the island, or make his career with an assignment most journalists would kill for. But can he survive in a war zone long enough to report the truth?
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The real DMZ.... Korean DMZ (Korean Demilitarized Zone), a death zone between North and South Korea....
(From
Wiki) In the past half century, the Korean DMZ has been a deadly place for
humans, making habitation impossible. Only around the village of Panmunjeom and
more recently the Dong Bukbu Line on Korea's east coast have there been regular
incursions by people.
This
natural isolation along the 155 miles (249 km) length of the DMZ has
created an involuntary park which is now recognised as one of the most
well-preserved areas of temperate habitat in the world.
Several endangered animal and plant species now exist among the
heavily fortified fences, landmines and listening posts. These include the
extremely rare Red-crowned Crane (a staple of Asian art), and the White-naped
crane as well as, potentially, the extremely rare Korean Tiger, Amur leopard
and Asiatic black bear. Ecologists have identified some 2,900 plant species, 70
types of mammals and 320 kinds of birds within the narrow buffer zone. Additional
surveys are now being conducted throughout the region.
The DMZ, which is up to 2.5 miles (4.0 km)
wide, owes its varied biodiversity to its geography which crosses mountains,
prairies, swamps, lakes and tidal marshes. Environmentalists hope that by the
time reunification occurs, the former DMZ will be conserved as a wildlife
refuge, with a well-developed set of objective and management plans vetted and
in place. In 2005 CNN founder and media mogul, Ted Turner, on a visit to North
Korea, said that he would financially support any plans to turn the DMZ into a
peace park and a UN-protected World Heritage Site.
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Ted Turner: Turn Korean DMZ into peace park
From USATODAY
Posted 11/18/2005 8:16 AM
UNITED
NATIONS (AP) — Media mogul Ted Turner wants to turn the Demilitarized
Zone that divides the two Koreas into a peace park and a U.N.-protected
World Heritage Site to honor the thousands of young men who died during
the Korean War.
But the CNN founder went further at a dinner Thursday night, saying the DMZ, which is 2{ miles wide and 155 miles long, should also be declared a World Heritage Site, which would ensure that dozens of species unique to the area are preserved along with its history. The DMZ is about one-quarter the size of Yellowstone Park and goes from seashore to seashore, through river valleys and across mountains.
"The DMZ needs to be designated as a World Heritage Site and as a World Peace Park site because we've got to preserve it from development," Turner said. "Over the last 50 years, nobody's been in there and the birds and animals and trees and bushes and flowers" have flourished, he added. --> 100% full support on the Korean DMZ peace park project!!
Turner was speaking at a dinner honoring a new initiative to promote "sustainable tourism" at World Heritage Sites — landmarks designated by the U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, UNESCO. The initiative is being undertaken by Expedia Inc. and the United Nations Foundation, which Turner chairs.
The Foundation was created in 1998 to distribute the $1 billion Turner pledged to support U.N. causes.
Turner said the DMZ should be a monument to both North and South Korea and China and the United States, countries that lost thousands of young men fighting in the area.
He said he started working on the DMZ campaign because he was asked by the president of the International Crane Foundation. Every winter, about 4,000 cranes from two different species winter in the DMZ.
Mounir Bouchenaki, UNESCO's assistant director-general for culture, called Turner's proposal "very interesting" and said it should be explored. He said it would preserve the DMZ as a place of peace.
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