SEOUL, Feb. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – North Korea demanded during inter-Korean talks in 1990 that South Korea dismantle a barricade it had installed along their border, calling it “a disgrace” to the Korean people, according to an official dossier declassified Thursday. The information was disclosed in the unification ministry’s official documents recording inter-Korean talks held [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Ten peace-themed trails near the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), separating the two Koreas, will open to the public in mid-May, the government said Tuesday. The trails are located across border towns and cities in the provinces of Gyeonggi and Gangwon, as well as the western border island of Gangwha, according [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s military is expected to resume exercises in buffer zones set under a 2018 inter-Korean military accord as they have become effectively invalid after North Korea’s recent artillery firing, officials said Tuesday. On Monday, the South’s military said it will resume artillery firings and drills near the sea [...]
PAJU, Jan. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – In the tranquil village of Daeseong-dong, the only civilian settlement within South Korea’s Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), a heartwarming scene unfolded on the morning of January 5, starkly contrasting with the simmering tensions nearby. As North Korea conducted coastal artillery fire close to the Northern Limit Line (NLL) in the [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — A tour program to the truce village of Panmunjom on the inter-Korean border has been suspended again as safety concerns increased due to North Korean soldiers armed with pistols in the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) separating the two Koreas, the unification ministry said Thursday. The government partially resumed the tour [...]
PAJU, Oct. 1 (Korea Bizwire) –Chuseok is a traditional Korean holiday celebrated in the fall during the harvest season. People celebrate it to express gratitude to their ancestors for helping with the year’s farming and to wish for a successful harvest in the upcoming year. In simpler terms, Chuseok is a time when Koreans remember [...]
POCHEON, Aug. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korea National Arboretum said Tuesday it has identified nine new forest wetlands within the Civilian Control Line (CCL), which designates a buffer zone extending from the Southern Limit Line of the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) separating the two Koreas. A forest wetland encompasses not only wet areas but also [...]
SEOUL, July 28 (Korea Bizwire) — A sculpture that recreates the barbed wire from the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) on the Korean Peninsula has been displayed near the Memorial of the Berlin Wall in Germany. The sculpture, titled “A Leap of Faith,” is created by Korean artist Cha Joo-man and spans 42 meters in length. It [...]
HWACHEON, April 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Less than a decade ago, ground troops used to monitor the heavily-fortified border primarily by eye and with binoculars, and through other tried-and-true methods requiring their around-the-clock presence. But their onerous workload has eased, as the military has introduced cutting-edge equipment, such as high-resolution cameras and sensor systems, to [...]
GOSEONG, April 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Peace-themed hiking trails along the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) separating the two Koreas will open in four of the five autonomous regions in Gangwon Province starting Friday. The trails will be open until October 31 in Cherwon, Hwacheon, and Yanggu counties, and until November 30 in Goseong County. In Inje [...]