I’m not sure if something can be both timely and 26 years old, but this might be. In 1991, I spent three weeks or so in South Korea, participating in a joint naval exercise — US and Republic of Korea. A while back, I finally digitized video of my visit to Korea, which includes one of the first activities — a visit to the “Joint Security Area” at the DMZ. Below is a relatively short (for me) video, 7:31, of that part of my time there.
That introductory photo is me at the main gate of the Army base at Yongsan, in Seoul, where much of the “war gaming” aspect of the exercise took place.
The Navy contingent to which I was assigned, being the Navy of course, was “billeted” in the Seoul Hilton. That said, we were advised to eat only on base and at the hotel because there was an outbreak of cholera. I did get out and sightsee, beyond the DMZ, but that’s another, much longer :), video soon to come.
While I was in Korea, there was something of a kerfuffle in the former Soviet Union — an attempted coup by hard-liners against Boris Yeltsin. Tanks around the Parliament building, etc. That set off the North Koreans a bit, and there were reports of exchanges of gunfire along the DMZ. I thought, “Great, three weeks in Korea and now is when the war breaks out again.” Feelings something like that may be pretty common in Korea these days.