SEOUL, Apr. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea on Wednesday approved a budget necessary to build hiking trails inside the demilitarized zone (DMZ) separating the two Koreas, a project to turn the Cold War relic into a symbol of peace. The unification ministry’s Inter-Korean Exchange and Cooperation Council, composed of government and civilian experts, approved [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea launched an independent excavation of Korean War remains in the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) on Monday, with Pyongyang unresponsive to its call to work together as agreed, Seoul’s defense ministry said. Under last year’s bilateral military accord aimed at reducing tensions and building trust, Seoul and Pyongyang had [...]
INCHEON, Feb. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — The Human Chain Movement, where more than 500,000 participants will come hand in hand to create a human chain along 500 kilometers of the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) at the border of the two Koreas, will hold its opening ceremony at Boleum Island in Incheon. Hosted by DMZ Peace Chain, [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea plans to spend over 13 trillion won (US$11.6 billion) over the next decade to expand infrastructure areas that border North Korea, including the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), for closer inter-Korean exchanges, the government said Thursday. The Ministry of the Interior and Safety said the government’s Border Area Policy [...]
SUWON, Feb. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean border province will push to apply for the inclusion of the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) in the list of the UNESCO World Cultural and Natural Heritage, officials said Sunday. The government of Gyeonggi Province, which borders with North Korea, said it plans to present an application for [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – Some 500,000 people will create a “human chain” along the 500-kilometer Demilitarized Zone bisecting South and North Korea in April to mark the first anniversary of an inter-Korean summit deal, a civic organization said Monday. During the summit on April 27 last year at the truce village of Panmunjom, [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ministry of Public Administration and Safety announced on Sunday that it will develop hiking paths across the demilitarized zone (DMZ) for hikers and tourists. Also known as South Korea’s Camino de Santiago, the new ‘DMZ way for unification’ will stretch 456 kilometers across ten cities and districts from [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The Koreas connected a 3 kilometer-long tactical road across the Military Demarcation Line inside the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) on Thursday to support a joint project to excavate Korean War remains at a notorious battle site. The unpaved road was established at Arrowhead Ridge, or Hill 281, in Cheorwon, 90 [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The two Koreas will connect a road across the military demarcation line inside the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) this week to support a joint project to excavate Korean War remains at a notorious battle site, a government source in Seoul said Tuesday. On Thursday, the two sides will connect the [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — South and North Korea raised yellow flags at 11 guard posts each along their heavily fortified border on Sunday in a first step toward dismantling the posts under a military agreement reached as part of September’s summit. The two sides hoisted the 4-meter by 3-meter flag at each of [...]