The Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) is a strip of land running across the Korean Peninsula that serves as a buffer zone between North and South Korea. The DMZ is a de facto border barrier, which runs in the vicinity of the 38th parallel north — which divides the Korean Peninsula roughly ...
FILE PHOTO: A North Korean flag flutters at the propaganda village of Gijungdong in North Korea, in this picture taken near the truce village of Panmunjom inside the demilitarized zone (DMZ) separating the two Koreas, South Korea, July 19, 2022. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji/Poo...
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You’ve actually likely seen this motorway before, it’s regularly featured in foreign media segments of North Korea, including that Vice documentary you’ve watched. Trips to the DMZ are a mandatory inclusion to most Pyongyang tourism itineraries and isusuallythe only time tourists are allowed ou...
The article focuses on an exchange of fire reported across the Korean Demilitarized Zone on October 29, 2010 near Hwacheon, South Korea. It states initial reports suggest two or more shots were fired from North Korea into South Korea, with South Korean troops returning fire, and mentions a ...
A source in North Korea says news that a North Korean defector to the South recently re-defected back to the North across the DMZ in Gangwon Province is gradually spreading, primarily in regions along the China-North Korea border. According to the source on Friday, word of the incident is...
To this day, North Korea is the most isolated country in the world. The DMZ, which divides North and South Korea, has gotten most of the media attention over the years, as it separates almost 28,000 U.S. troops from their enemies to the north. ...
Photo by Korea News Service/Reuters What are Russia, China expecting? Moscow boosts civil-defense budget, Beijing conducting air-raid drills Posted: February 15, 2003 1:00 a.m. Eastern � 2003 WorldNetDaily.com With the world's attention focused on the impending war in Iraq, the ...
- Charles Robert Jenkins walked into North Korea when on patrol on the DMZ in 1965. He later expressed regret for fleeing and explained at his court marital that his motive was to avoid hazardous duty in South Korea and combat in Vietnam. Jenkins said he had dru...
Trash-laden North Korean balloons were found on the grounds of South Korea’s presidential office compound, officials said Wednesday, the latest in a series of incidents that have raised tensions and rhetoric on the Korean Peninsula.