SEOUL, March 25 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea will open an additional seven trekking routes this year along the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), the highly militarized land border between the two Koreas, as part of the country’s broader project to facilitate peace in the tension-filled area, the government said Wednesday. Last year, the first three trekking [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — The United Nations Command (UNC) said it has approved a request from the South Korean government for entry into the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) for a survey on the situation regarding African swine fever (ASF). In a Facebook post Tuesday, the U.S.-led command said it approved “a short notice request” [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — A memorial to honor men in uniform killed during the 1950-53 Korean War will be built inside the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) separating the two Koreas next month, the defense ministry said Saturday. The plan comes as the military officially wrapped up its eight-month project to retrieve remains of the [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea is pushing to allow its citizens to make individual visits to the truce village of Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone, which separates the two Koreas, the unification ministry said Tuesday. The Inter-Korean Exchange and Cooperation Promotion Council approved the 1.4 billion won (US$1.2 million) expenditure plan to [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Hiking trails along the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) separating the two Koreas will be temporarily closed starting Thursday following the outbreak of African swine fever in border areas, the government said. The decision to suspend the hiking trails in Paju and Cherwon came shortly after South Korea confirmed two cases [...]
SEOUL/PAJU, Sept. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — A medley of Korean and Western classical and contemporary music brought a symbolic train station at the inter-Korean border to life Monday as South Korea held a live concert to celebrate the first anniversary of the last inter-Korean summit. The DMZ Peace Concert, the first of its kind, brought [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will hold a concert along the heavily fortified Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) on Monday in celebration of the first anniversary of the Joint Pyongyang Declaration, adopted by the leaders of the two Koreas. The DMZ Peace Concert will open at Dorasan Station, just south of the border with [...]
SUWON, Sept. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — The operation of shuttle buses for tours of Camp Greaves, a former U.S. military base near the border with North Korea, will restart this weekend, local tourist authorities said Monday. The shuttle bus service, which links Imjin Pavilion in Paju, north of Seoul, and Camp Greaves, 2 kilometers south [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — A new train tourism route will kick off this week, taking passengers to major symbolic spots, along the highly fortified Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) that separates the two Koreas, the government said Tuesday. The “DMZ Peace Tour Train” will have a trial run from Wednesday to Aug. 31 before being [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — The third and last hiking trail along the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) separating the two Koreas will open to the public this week, the unification ministry said Friday. The western section of the DMZ trail in Paju, some 30 kilometers northwest of Seoul, will be accessible to the public under [...]