- My family grew up, literally taught that North Koreans were devils with red horns.
(singing in Korean) - [ANDIA] Peacemakers, all women from around the world set out to walk across the demilitarized zone between North and South Korea.
- We really feel an obligation as women to try to stop wars.
- We really appreciate those foreign women, from all over the world, taking concern about this problems.
- Building peace is about taking risks.
So for me, I think this is one step we should really take.
- [ANDIA] The journey may or may not be permitted.
- To be in Panmunjom on the northern side and look over into the south, and to not be able to simply walk across the line to the southern side was quite frustrating.
It just highlighted the absurdity of this division.
- [ANDIA] And it could be dangerous.
- What are we doing that is so threatening?
And the way that they're framing it and casting it is that we are the violators of human rights.
- The worst case scenario is violence.
When you do this kind of work you do it because you believe that something has to shift.
- Felt like the stars were finally aligning, that real peace could actually happen.
- [ANDIA] Crossings on Doc World, watch on World Channel and in the PBS app.
