a gold mine. and over there behind those hills is the thirty eighth parallel from here it s about five kilometers to the demilitarized zone and then another four kilometers to north korea. the village of hemmer who lives in the civilian control zone a buffer strip south of the demilitarized zone that separates north and south korea you can only enter here with a special permit. that hasn t stopped him in sioux from buying up some six hectares of land here more than a decade ago since then he says it s more than tripled in price to some four hundred thousand euros and he thinks the best is yet to come. from that train station over there you will soon be able to go to pyongyang london moscow beijing anywhere you want to go in the very near future when people see the train lights they will say oh this train is going to london this one to germany. going to get to
a special permit. that hasn t stopped him in sioux from buying up some six hectares of land here more than a decade ago since then he says it s more than tripled in price to some four hundred thousand euros and he thinks the best is yet to come. from that train station over there you will soon be able to go to pyongyang london moscow beijing anywhere you want to go in the very near future when people see the train lights they will say oh this train is going to london this one to germany. going to get to the right now it still takes a lot of imagination to see a bustling border town come to life here but like a means to people and village have their eyes set on the u.s. north korea summit positive signs could give prices here a real push. after the first direct meeting of south korea s president moon in
in. it may not look like there s much here but kim ensue is convinced he s walking on a gold mine. and over there behind those hills is the thirty eighth parallel from here it s about five kilometers to the demilitarized zone and another four kilometers to north korea. the village of hemmer who lives in the civilian control zone a buffer strip south of the demilitarized zone that separates north and south korea you can only enter here with a special permit. that hasn t stopped him in sioux from buying up some six hectares of land here more than a decade ago since then he says it s more than tripled in price to some four hundred thousand euros and he thinks the best is yet to come. from that train station over there you will soon be able to go to pyongyang london moscow beijing