BAEKRYEONG: It is South Korea's westernmost territory, soldiers are more than one resident, and you can see North Korea from almost every barbed wire-lined beach: welcome to Baekryeong Island, a community on the front line.
Baekryeong is a fortress, which is closer to the North Korean mainland than to the South: Tanks are parked at the sides of roads, there are guard posts on every hill and the picturesque beaches are covered in dragon's teeth-shaped fortifications - to deter invasion.
Seoul was granted control over the approximately 45 square-kilometre island at the end of the Korean War war hostilities in the 1950s, but its 5,000 or so residents - plus an even higher number of soldiers -- live under a constant low-level threat.
North Korea's Kim claimed in 2013 that he could rain down a sea of fire on Baekryeong, and then staged amphibious mock invasion drills in 2017 - a potential military flashpoint.
Sometimes I have dreams about the North Koreans invading, especially with what is happening in the news, said 64 year-old Baekryeong native Kim Keum-sook, referring to the record-breaking missile launches by Kim this year.
The island is of immense strategic importance for Seoul as it helps determine control over vital Yellow Sea shipping lanes, without which its Incheon harbour would be cut off from the world.