U.S. and South Korean forces conduct drills in waters shared by North Korea and China. What do those exercises look like up close? Illustration by Nicholas Konrad / The New Yorker Each fall, the United States and South Korea stage joint military exercises in the East Sea, a tradition dating back to 1955 and the end of the Korean War. This past year, as the war games were ramped up, following several years of more restrained maneuvers, the writer E. Tammy Kim settled in the country, reporting on the ground as a huge infrastructure of bases, aircraft, and ships whirred to life—and speaking to the service members, civilians, and antiwar activists whose lives are shaped by these simulations, and the real-life horrors they evoke. In this rich and deeply personal story, Kim considers the borders where a heavily militarized landscape, “at once pristine and abundantly polluted,” opens to the wildness and beauty of the water. —Ian Crouch, newsletter editor Support The New Yorker’s award-winning journalism. Subscribe today » |
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