US Vice President Mike Pence looks at North Korea from the border village of Panmunjom on April 17, 2017. Pence visited a military base near the Demilitarized Zone, a day after the North conducted a failed missile launch. Pence arrived at Camp Bonifas on Monday for a briefing with military leaders and to meet with American troops. He is in South Korea as part of a 10-day tour of Asia.
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US Vice President Mike Pence looks at North Korea from the border village of Panmunjom on April 17, 2017. Pence visited a military base near the Demilitarized Zone, a day after the North conducted a failed missile launch. Pence arrived at Camp Bonifas on Monday for a briefing with military leaders and to meet with American troops. He is in South Korea as part of a 10-day tour of Asia.
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US President Barack Obama looks toward North Korea from Observation Post Ouellette during a visit to the DMZ on March 25, 2012. Obama arrived in Seoul earlier in the day to attend the Seoul Nuclear Security Summit.
Barack Obama at the DMZ —
US President Barack Obama looks toward North Korea from Observation Post Ouellette during a visit to the DMZ on March 25, 2012. Obama arrived in Seoul earlier in the day to attend the Seoul Nuclear Security Summit.
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US Vice President Joe Biden and his granddaughter Finnegan Biden visit the DMZ on December 7, 2013. In addition to South Korea, Biden also visited Japan and China to discuss the Trans-Pacific Partnership, the South China Sea, economic relationship with China and the implementation of the US-Korea Free Trade Agreement.
Joe Biden at the DMZ —
US Vice President Joe Biden and his granddaughter Finnegan Biden visit the DMZ on December 7, 2013. In addition to South Korea, Biden also visited Japan and China to discuss the Trans-Pacific Partnership, the South China Sea, economic relationship with China and the implementation of the US-Korea Free Trade Agreement.
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US President George W. Bush looks at North Korea from Observation Point Ouellette in the DMZ on Feb. 20, 2002. The president visited the zone to express his hope for communist North Korea to rejoin democratic South Korea someday.
George W. Bush at the DMZ —
US President George W. Bush looks at North Korea from Observation Point Ouellette in the DMZ on Feb. 20, 2002. The president visited the zone to express his hope for communist North Korea to rejoin democratic South Korea someday.
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US President Bill Clinton surveys the North Korean border on his tour of the DMZ during a post-G7 summit trip in July 1993.
Bill Clinton at the DMZ —
US President Bill Clinton surveys the North Korean border on his tour of the DMZ during a post-G7 summit trip in July 1993.
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US President Ronald Reagan looks across the DMZ at Guard Post Collier, South Korea, on November 13, 1982.
Ronald Reagan at the DMZ —
US President Ronald Reagan looks across the DMZ at Guard Post Collier, South Korea, on November 13, 1982.
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American President Jimmy Carter waves to a crowd of military that greeted him on his arrival to Camp Casey, just south of the DMZ, on June 29, 1979 in South Korea. Carter planned on spending the night at the camp before returning to Seoul for two days of talk with Korean President Park Chung Hee.
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American President Jimmy Carter waves to a crowd of military that greeted him on his arrival to Camp Casey, just south of the DMZ, on June 29, 1979 in South Korea. Carter planned on spending the night at the camp before returning to Seoul for two days of talk with Korean President Park Chung Hee.
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