S. Korean church scraps border Christmas lights plan
- Published: 27 Nov 2012 at 22.47
- Online news: Asia
A South Korean church group has scrapped plans to display Christmas lights near the border with North Korea after residents voiced fears Pyongyang might shell the illuminations, officials said Tuesday.
A North Korean (right) looks across the demilitarized zone at his South Korean counterpart at the Panmunjom truce village. A South Korean church group has scrapped plans to display Christmas lights near the border with North Korea after residents voiced fears Pyongyang might shell the illuminations, officials said.
The Military Evangelical Association of Korea had planned to set up the giant display on three tree-shaped steel towers on hills near the heavily-fortified border.
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