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The long difficult climb up to the summit of Mount Halla
The long difficult climb up to the summit of Mount Halla takes a toll on the adventurers as well as the Korean TV crews who are filming them every step of the way. It is a real physical challenge for the team and also such a high point in the trip for Gareth that his […]
Gareth and Jo update on South Korea journey
Gareth, Jo and the team are into their last few days of the South Korean leg of their adventure. The Korean Globe Riders Sunday warriors took the team for a motorcycle ride that Gareth won’t forget for a long time and is still shaken up by. The whole project has an enormous profile in Korea […]
MSN- NZ bikers roar across Korean border
In awe of the Koreas’ “amazing history,” five New Zealand bikers took a ride across their border in a roaring demonstration for peace between them. PAJU, South Korea — Five motorcyclists from New Zealand made a rare crossing of the world’s most militarized border Thursday as part of a ride for peace from the top of […]
The political aspirations of the US, China and others can be met with much less harm to Koreans
Gareth and Jo and the team are heading south out of Seoul to Mount Halla which will mark the end of their ride through the Korean peninsula. In both North and South ordinary folk have spoken to Gareth and Jo and told them of the distress their families feel as a result of the artificial […]
Jo Morgan’s take on North Korea
Having just succeeded in crossing the DMZ from North to South Korea, Jo Morgan gives us her personal take on what she experienced in the North. She talks about the food, the people and their personality, their culture and music as well as how Jo and her team interacted with the locals. It is easy […]
Riding across the Koreas by motorbike: a historic journey
BY ROB YORK , SEPTEMBER 3, 2013 Having become the first people to motorbike across the Korean Peninsula, Gareth and Joanne Morgan have some real insights to share, especially regarding the terrain, the people and the bureaucratic process they’ve witnessed. A bit of time in the North, as well as some time traveling through its territory has also […]
New Zealand bikers cross the Korean DMZ
PHOTO: New Zealand motorbike riders at on the summit of Mt Paektu looking out over Lake Chon in North Korea (Supplied) MAP: Korea, Republic Of AUDIO: New Zealand bikers cross from North to South Korea(ABC News) A group of New Zealand bikers has crossed the Demilitarised Zone (DMZ) dividing North and South Korea. The bikers are led by New […]
The Wall St Journal: Motorcyclists Ride Through North-South Border
A group of five New Zealanders crossed over from North Korea into the South on motorcycles late last week, possibly becoming the first foreign tourists ever to have crossed the border since the foundation of the two Koreas 65 years ago. Reuters Gareth Morgan, from New Zealand, speaks to the media after arriving at the […]
Radio live: North Korea by Motorbike
Kiwi philanthropist Gareth Morgan has just spent two weeks riding his motorbike around North Korea and told Duncan Garner what he had to see. Morgan says that he has travelled the width and bredth of the country and what he was was an incredibly productive well organised nation.
