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These photos of the border between North and South Korea show just how disastrous a nuclear strike could be

Veronika BondarenkoAug 17, 2017, 20:31 IST

A visitor uses binoculars to see the North Korea side from the unification observatory in Paju, South Korea, Thursday, Aug. 17, 2017.Lee Jin-Man (Associated Press)

Kim Jong-Un, North Korea's ruler, responded to Trump's threats of "fire and fury" by threatening to strike at US military bases in Guam, and tensions are running high between the two nuclear powers.

But there's a group of people people who would be much more affected by any escalation between Jong-un and the US - those who live along the 150-mile strip of land dividing North and South Korea, known as the Korean Demilitarized Zone.

A top US military general said that an all-out war with North Korea would be "horrific," but allowing the insular state to develop a nuclear weapon capable of striking the US would be "unimaginable."

Here are the latest photos of life on the fraught border between North and South Korea: