SEOUL, Sept. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — A western border hiking trail along the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) separating the two Koreas will reopen to the public next week, about 11 months after its closure due to the outbreak of African swine fever, authorities said Saturday. The municipality of Paju of Gyeonggi Province, about 30 kilometers northwest [...]
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, Sept. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — A Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) hiking trail on the east coast will be closed indefinitely this week as part of the government’s efforts to fight the spread of African swine fever (ASF) in inter-Korean border areas, officials said Monday. The Gangwon Province county of Goseong, about 160 kilometers northeast of [...]
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, Sept. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — A special group of foreign students will walk a trail along the heavily fortified Demilitarized Zone this week during a government event designed to mark a historic inter-Korean summit a year earlier. Thirteen university students from 12 countries outside of Korea, including the United States, Britain, Italy, Vietnam and [...]
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 [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea said Friday it will open the third and last hiking trail along the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) separating the two Koreas next month. The western section of the DMZ trail in Paju, some 30 kilometers northwest of Seoul, will be available to the public under the DMZ Peace [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — The Goseong municipal government on South Korea’s eastern coast said Wednesday it will suspend one of the two tour programs for a trail along the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) separating the two Koreas for 15 days next month in the eastern coastal town. The walking tour program of the first [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — The state-run tourism agency said Tuesday it will begin group bus tours to a trail along the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) separating the two Koreas later this month in the eastern coastal town of Goseong. The Korea Tourism Authority will accept applications for group bus tours to the first DMZ [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — The third and last hiking trail along the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) that demarcates the two Koreas is expected to open in the border town of Paju in September, officials said Sunday. The western section of the DMZ trail in Paju, Gyeonggi Province, about 30 kilometers northwest of Seoul, appears [...]