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National Geographic : 1969 Mar
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KODACHROMEBYH. EDWARDKIM, NATIONALGEOGRAPHICSTAFF(C N.G.S . banks. Meandering across the nation, the river was crossed and recrossed by opposing armies in the seesaw battles of the Korean War. Today five hydro electric dams stairstep its headwaters, and two more are under construction. dent Park. His brown eyes were intense and searching. They fell upon my four cameras. "What's that ancient camera you are carry ing?" he asked. "Mr. President," I answered, "that is a Leica I used in the parajump at Sukchon, north of Pyongyang, in 1950." President Park took the camera and ex amined it carefully. "That must be of great sentimental value," he said. "You must leave it as your family's treasure." As I photographed the President (page 304), he seized and would not relinquish the initia- tive in the conversation. He kept up a steady drumbeat of questions, toying with a magni fying glass as he talked. "How do you feel about Korea after an absence of 18 years?" he asked. I answered, "It's like a new country." "Have you visited the DMZ here?" he asked. I said yes, and he quickly followed: "Did you visit Korean or U. S. troops?" "Both," I responded. The Prime Minister, Chung II Kwon, stopped by. While they chatted briefly I looked through a window into the garden 337
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