Channel 11 takes you inside demilitarized zone between North, South Korea

The Olympics in Pyeongchang may have warmed relations between north and South Korea.

But some argue that Kim Jong Un is just taking the opportunity to steal the spotlight.

Channel 11's Gordon Loesch visited the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) that separates the countries, which are still technically at war.

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A few miles from the DMZ, tourists gather around an old train -- the last to ever travel from the north.

Others try to get a view into "no man’s land."

Channel 11 was just feet away from the DMZ and along this fence you see barbed wire at the top and along here thousands of ribbons -- each with a message of hope and peace.

Many have the names of loved ones unable to leave North Korea and this is what separates them.

The DMZ is ironically the most heavily guarded border in the world.

Walking a few yards forward from this spot could cost you your freedom or your life.

The most famous image of the border is the joint security area at camp.

This middle blue building is where the armistice was signed in 1953.

The demarcation line runs right down the middle of this table. Channel 11’s Gordon Loesch was standing at this point in North Korea.

This is the only place where that’s safely possible and only because a soldier is guarding the door on the North Korean side of the room.

In November, a North Korean soldier defected.

He was shot five times but survived fleeing across the border.

To the right you can see the bridge of no return where prisoners of war used to be exchanged – and there is also a 600-pound flag waving over what’s called the propaganda village. The buildings have no windows and the no one lives there.

Back again a few miles away -- the closest most tourists get -- there’s an amusement park, a Starbucks, and a souvenir stand.

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