SEOUL, Feb. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) on the Korean Peninsula is ironically one of the world’s most heavily militarized borders with a memory of bloody battles during the 1950-53 Korean War. At the same time, the strip of land along the North-South Korean border is recognized as one of the most [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s unification ministry on Wednesday said it has virtually recreated lost villages in the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) that existed prior to the 1950-1953 Korean War through a metaverse platform. Some 400 villages were known to have existed in the DMZ, among which the ministry picked the largest ones [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — All eleven peace-themed hiking trails along the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) separating the two Koreas will open to the public next month, the government said Thursday. The trails in Ganghwa, Gimpo, Goyang, Paju, Yeoncheon, Cheorwon, Hwacheon, Yanggu, Inje and Goseong will be available from Sept. 13 to December, according to [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — A facility where visitors can take a virtual tour of the Demilitarized Zone separating the two Koreas opened its doors to the public Monday. “DMZ Live” was created at the Imjingak Pavillion in Paju, some 30 kilometers north of Seoul, by the Korea Tourism Organization (KTO) and the Paju [...]
SEOUL, April 16 (Korea Bizwire) — The U.N. Command (UNC) said Friday that work has begun to reconstruct a bridge used as a venue for talks between President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un during their 2018 summit in the Demilitarized Zone separating the two Koreas. In a Facebook post, the UNC disclosed [...]
SEOUL, March 31 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s unification ministry said Thursday it has launched a metaverse service designed to help people experience the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), bisecting the peninsula, in online space. The metaverse platform — the first of its kind by the government — enables users to make a virtual tour of the [...]
SEOUL, July 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Gyeonggi Province, surrounding Seoul, has established a new five-year plan for the preservation and peaceful use of the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), the heavily fortified inter-Korean border area, officials said Sunday. The plan calls for the provincial government to invest 170 billion won (US$149 million) from 2021 to 2025 in [...]
CHUNCHEON, May 21 (Korea Bizwire) — An ‘art hotel’ designed by artists has opened in Gangwon Province. The Gangwon Art & Culture Foundation opened Re:maker, an art hotel located in the east coast’s northernmost village of Myeongpa-ri near the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), on Thursday. Re:maker features a pair of two-story buildings, each with eight guestrooms. [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — The government decided Monday to spend 1.95 billion won (US$1.76 million) to transform a guard post on the border with North Korea into a museum underscoring inter-Korean reconciliation efforts and honoring soldiers killed during the Korean War. The guard post at Arrowhead Ridge inside the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) has [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — A western border hiking trail along the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) separating the two Korea will reopen to the public later this month after more than a year of closure due to the outbreak of African swine fever. The hiking trail in Paju, about 30 kilometers northwest of Seoul, will [...]