Today In - 'Useless Info'

North and South Korea are still technically at war.

BBC

Oooh. Other neato info:

'Within the DMZ there are two villages: one run by the North and the other by the South. Daeseong-dong, found on the southern side of the DMZ, is a traditional village and strictly controlled by the South Korean government.

For instance, one must have ancestral connections to the village in order to live there.

These restrictions serve to keep the population of the village very small. In the North, Gijeong-dong, or as it is called in North Korea, "Peace Village" has only a small caretaker population.

Through the armistice agreement the North felt that it should be allowed a town within the borders of the DMZ since the South already had one.

UN troops call this Propaganda Village because only a small group of people cleaning and turning on lights reside within the village.

Although from afar it appears to be a modern village, one can tell with binoculars that there is no glass within the windows of the buildings.

In the past, North Korean propaganda was sent out by loudspeaker across to Daeseong-dong for as much as 20 hours a day, and reciprocal pop music and South Korean exhortations blasted back.

These broadcasts ceased by mutual agreement in 2004.'

I'm such a geek.