KOREAN DEMILITARIZED ZONE — Friedrich Merz ended his five-day trip to Asia on Friday reflecting on Europe's past. After visiting the blue barracks where the armistice that ended the Korean War was signed in 1953, in the Joint Security Area where North and South Korean troops stand face-to-face, the German chancellor addressed the obvious parallels between his country's history and Korea's present. "Thoughts are running through my mind about how grateful we may be that in Germany we haven't had to experience this for 36 years," Merz said.
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