Goseong – 14 June 2019

1. Wide of DMZ Peace Trail

2. Various of tourists walking along the trail

3. Various of barbed wire fence

4. SOUNDBITE (Korean) Nam Yun-ho, tourist:

"Although it is a short distance, I feel touched as I walk along the trail. The inter-Korean relations were getting better but now they are stalled again. I hope that the relations become reinvigorated so that we get to travel between the two countries freely."

5. Signboard showing a map of the peace trail course

6. Various of map

7. Soldier opening gate

8. Various of tourists

9. Wooden sign that reads (Korean): "DMZ Peace Trail"

10. Various of guide speaking to tourists

11. Various of trail

12. Various of mine warning sign

13. Tourist taking photo next to a stone that reads (Korean): "Northernmost End of Truce Line"

14. Close of sign that reads (Korean): "Pyongyang, 230km"

15. Various of soldiers

16. Wide pan of North Korean side over border

17. Various of North Korean post

18. Various of trail

The South Korean government held a tour Friday of a recently opened trail in the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) between the North and South.

The government opened trails to the public in multiple areas inside the DMZ in late April, marking first the anniversary of the inter-Korean summit between President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

Access to the route, know as the Peace Trail, had been restricted to the public for decades.

During the hike along the coast, tourists can see North Korea's scenic Mount Kumgang.

Nam Yun-ho was moved while walking the Peace Trail. He was hopeful that inter-Korean relations will improve and that travel between the North and South will one day be possible.

Dozens of South Korean citizens participated in Friday's tour.