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Current tensions between South Korea
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and North Korea are higher than they've been in years.
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These hostilities continued for a simple reason,
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the Korean War never ended.
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When combat stopped in 1953,
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no peace treaty was ever signed.
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Just a ceasefire, which continues to this day,
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leaving the two countries separated by the D-M-Z,
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or Demilitarized Zone, filled with
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high voltage fence and over one million landmines.
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And along this no man's land, there is just one point
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where these enemies can stand face to face,
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the JSA or Joint Security Area.
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Here the border between North and South Korea
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runs along a concrete curb and bisects
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blue conference rooms where the two sides have
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occasionally met for diplomatic talks.
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The JSA has more often been the sight of
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hundreds of acts of violence and provocations.
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Given this situation I could think of no
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two better people to visit the JSA than
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Conan O'Brien and Steven Yeun.
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(laughter)
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Well, we are in the DMZ.
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This is ...um..surreal.
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Um...That is North Korea right there,
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those are North Koreans staring back at us.
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He's probably freaking out because he
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recognizes both of us.
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He's the huge "Walking Dead” and “Team Coco” fan.
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That's Bob, we named him Bob,
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they do 12 hour shifts.
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Does the guy change, but the name stays the same?
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We don't know their names,
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we just call them Bob.
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That guy is shoveling, shoveling.
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[Steven} Shoveling Lies.
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Can I say you're the best dressed soldier
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I have even seen in my life.
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Like a Janet Jackson backup dancer, incredible.
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(laughter)
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He looks amazing.
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Let me explain what's happening here.
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We're now in a room and we've been told
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that when we cross past this table
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we will be in North Korea.
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Why does this historically significant building
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that links these two separated countries,
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look so much like the business center of a Ramada Inn?
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(laughter)
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Sir, you do realize you're wearing sunglasses
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indoors in a snowstorm?
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Other people are doing it as well.
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Okay, I guess if I jumped off a bridge
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you would as well.
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(laughter)
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Sorry, this is probably not the time or the place
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for my quips.
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You are in North Korea.
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I am in North Korea.
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I am still in South Korea.
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Oh, congratulations.
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(Laughter)
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North Korea
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And is this gentleman with us?
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Yes.
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Do not touch him, or cross behind him
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because if you touch him I can't help you after that.
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What are you talking about?
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So I will not touch this man
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And do not go behind.
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This is crazy.
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We have just been told not to touch this man
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or go behind him,
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which is usually my rule with any man.
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(laughter)
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All right, we're here, we're in North Korea.
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From North Korea, the land of our supreme and glorious leader Kim Jong Un
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It's Conan
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Tonight from The Walking Dead, traitor and tail-chasing dog Steven Yeun
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Plus, a soldier that doesn't move
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And now, here he is, Conan O'Brien
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(cheering)
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I'm here with my guest Steven Yeun
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from Walking Dead.
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So how's your life going?
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It's going, going pretty good, I'm getting married.
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You're getting married.
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Yes.
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That's fantastic.
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Thank you.
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(cheering)
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Did you hear that, he's getting married?
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So are you excited about the new season of Walking Dead?
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Yeah, it's, we've worked really hard on it.
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I'm told you have a clip.
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Yes.
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(screaming)
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Does North Korea know that we are here right now?
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Yes
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There is a video so they can watch what is happening here
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So North Korean officials are watching us right now?
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I guess you are not famous in North Korea.
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(laughter)
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What the hell are you talking about?
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He's famous.
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I'm huge in North Korea.
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I played there last year.
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(laughing)
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Two minutes, okay.
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We've been obviously kidding around a little bit.
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But this is a serious thing.
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The idea that you and I could be in North Korea talking
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and communicating freely seems like
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kind of a cool message.
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Honestly, I never would have ever,
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thought I could do this.
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This is the dream, the dream is to unify.
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The dream is to bring families and
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people together, and that's the hope.
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It's so surreal that this separation
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is completely man-made and ridiculous.
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So let's hope that changes.
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Hey this is Conan O'Brien.
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I'm reporting from North Korea with the weather.
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It is cloudy, overcast,
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light snow showers, about 28 degrees.
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Here now with the weather from South Korea, Steven Yeun.
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Steven.
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Hey thank you Conan.
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(laughter)
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I'm here in South Korea with the weather report.
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It's the same.
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(laughter)
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We're going to throw a commercial now.
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This whole segment has been sponsored by Indoor Sunglasses.
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(laughter)
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Worn by everyone in the DMZ.
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(cheering)