Kim Jong-Un, North Korea's ruler, responded to Trump's threats of "fire and fury" by threatening to strike at US military bases in Guam, and tensions are running high between the two nuclear powers.
But there's a group of people people who would be much more affected by any escalation between Jong-un and the US — those who live along the 150-mile strip of land dividing North and South Korea, known as the Korean Demilitarized Zone.
A top US military general said that an all-out war with North Korea would be "horrific," but allowing the insular state to develop a nuclear weapon capable of striking the US would be "unimaginable."
Here are the latest photos of life on the fraught border between North and South Korea:
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The Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) is the stretch of land that divides North Korea from South Korea. It was established at the end of World War II and runs for roughly 150 miles.
Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica
Even though barbed wire fences, listening posts, and armed guards make the North Korean border one of the most militarized in the world, it's only 2.5 miles wide — which puts it within easy viewing distance of the other side.
Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica
Tourists flock to South Korean border towns to see North Korea from a distance.
Source: Associated Press
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