A Republic of Korea soldier of the United Nations Command Security Battalion guards an empty platform at Dorasan Station, North Korea.
The line from this platform connects North and South Korea.
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But while the line runs into the secretive socialist state, trains rarely travel north from Dorasan.
Tourists can take a train from Seoul to Dorasan to visit the Korean Demilitarized Zone, and arriving at the station is a disconcerting experience as it’s eerily quiet and impossibly clean.
Guards from South Korea watch the platform at all times.
But as there are few visitors aside from camera-clicking tourists, they don’t have much to do except stand perfectly still and look mean in their reflective sunglasses.
