<p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/57891805dd0895883e8b4977-2400/rtshuq2.jpg" alt="RTSHUQ2" data-mce-source="Kim Hong-Ji/Reuters" /><p class="source"><span>Kim Hong-Ji/Reuters</span></p><p class="caption">Ballet isn't easy, but neither is guarding the world's most dangerous border.</p></div><p></p></div></div>Soldiers in South Korea's army don't just learn how to move across the battlefield. They also learn how to move on the dance floor. </p><p>After a long, tense day of guarding the Demilitarized Zone on the border of North and South Korea, what better way is there to blow off steam than by lacing up ballet shoes and practicing pliés?</p>

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Soldiers on one of the world's tensest borders do ballet to relax

Kim Hong-Ji/ReutersBallet isn't easy, but neither is guarding the world's most dangerous border.Soldiers in South Korea's army don't just learn how to move across the battlefield. They also learn how to move on the dance floor. After a long, tense day of guarding the Demilitarized Zone on the border of North and South Korea, what better way is there to blow off steam than by lacing up ballet shoes and practicing pliés?

Kim HongJiReutersBallet isnt easy, but neither is guarding the worlds most dangerous border. Soldiers in South Koreas army dont just learn how to move across the battlefield.

Soldiers on one of the world's tensest borders do ballet to relax

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