Nowadays Sokcho is a beach holiday destination for the South Korean people. So that was our idea as well. “Let’s take a break from travelling for a couple of days and go to the beach”. However, plans can change, especially if the weather isn’t really like “Let’s go to the beach”. Our first two nights in Sokcho it has been raining non-stop, so we were lucky to rest in our hotel room and have some Netflix catch up.
Once the rain was gone, we went to the beach of course. In South Korea, young men still have to fulfill military service for 18 months, so men in uniform are a common sight. At the beach as well, seeing a soldier sunbathing isn’t unusual.
After WW II Sokcho used to be part of North Korea. However, after the Korean Armistice was signed in 1953 it forms part of South Korea. In Abai Village, now a neighborhood in Sokcho, live North Korean families who decide to flee to the south for safety before 1953. At that time they hoped to return to their home, but since the armistice the border is closed. What used to be swamps where they camped, is now a colorful village with restaurants aside the sea.
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