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Detail of the DMZ A portion of the North Korean DMZ seen from the Joint Security Area in January 1976. The 38th parallel north—which divides the Korean Peninsula roughly in half—was the original boundary between the United States and Soviet Union's brief administration areas of Korea at the end of World War II.
The Joint Security Area (JSA, often referred to as the Truce Village or Panmunjom) is the only portion of the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) where North and South Korean forces stand face-to-face. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The JSA is used by the two Koreas for diplomatic engagements and, until March 1991, was also the site of military negotiations between ...
The Korean Demilitarized Zone between North Korea and South Korea, seen from the south. North Korea and South Korea—engaged in a low-level military conflict with each other since the Korean War ended in an armistice in 1953—are separated at their border by the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), along which both countries have played propaganda, music, or various other noises on loudspeakers ...
Aggression tunnels on the Koreas border. Only 44 km (27 miles) from Seoul, the incomplete tunnel was discovered in October 1978 following the detection of an underground explosion in June 1978, apparently caused by the tunnellers who had progressed 435 metres (1,427 feet) under the south side of the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ).
South Korea said on Tuesday some tours of the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) between the two Koreas will restart for selected guests for the first time since they were suspended after a U.S. soldier ...
The Korean DMZ Conflict, also referred to as the Second Korean War by some, [3] [4] was a series of low-level armed clashes between North Korean forces and the forces of South Korea and the United States, largely occurring between 1966 and 1969 along the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ).
Visitors to Aegibong Peace Ecopark have an extra reason to take in its observation tower: it now houses a Starbucks with views of the DMZ and North Korea.
Panmunjom (also spelled Panmunjeom) was a village just north of the de facto border between North Korea and South Korea, where the 1953 Korean Armistice Agreement that ended the Korean War was signed. It was located in what is now Paju, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea and Panmun-guyok, Kaesong, North Korea.