So, where exactly is...

South Korea? Not everyone will be able to locate it on a map if they were required to. It sits just west of Japan and is about the size of Florida. Osan is located 40 miles south of Seoul and 59 miles south of North Korea. There are about 22 million people located around the Seoul area, give or take a couple million I suppose. South Korea is also a booming economically while North Korea continues to sink into a country of poverty and death. It is so pathetic in fact, if you were to see the imagery of the area and surrounding regions, the North Korean capital of Pyongyang is the only city in North Korea that has any electric. Al Gore should hand his peace prize over to Kim Jong-Il for saving all the energy, but all his people are starving in the process( I forgot to mention that earlier). Below is an interesting image.

Please take note the boundaries of the two countries. There is a little speck of light in North Korea. That is Pyongyang, the capitol and residence of the dictator. Now, look south and notice the light coming from South Korea. That my friends is Seoul and the surrounding areas. So you see that the south has really boomed in recent years. It also has a lot of wealthly individuals living there.

Perhaps the most interesting issue with the 2 Korea's is that they went to war in 1950 and signed an armistice in 1953 to end the war. Armistice? An agreement to stop shooting at each other, that's all. They never signed an official peace treaty. So, for the past 55 years there has been an armistice in place but a peace treaty was never signed. This is why Osan is considered a war zone, even though it is as modern as can be. The wacko running the north is unpredictable, but also sane enough to realize that his country would be annihilated if were to do anything foolish. Follow the link to see more http://www.infoplease.com/atlas/country/northkorea.html