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Unification Ministry Recreates Lost Villages in DMZ on Metaverse

Unification Ministry Recreates Lost Villages in DMZ on Metaverse

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 [...]

Gyeonggi Lays Out Plan to Turn DMZ into Peace, Ecology Belt

Gyeonggi Lays Out Plan to Turn DMZ into Peace, Ecology Belt

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 [...]

‘Art Hotel’ Opens Near DMZ

‘Art Hotel’ Opens Near DMZ

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. [...]

S. Korea Decides to Spend 1.95 bln Won to Transform DMZ Guard Post into Museum

S. Korea Decides to Spend 1.95 bln Won to Transform DMZ Guard Post into Museum

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 [...]

Minister Calls for N. Korea to Restore Communications Lines, Liaison Office

Minister Calls for N. Korea to Restore Communications Lines, Liaison Office

SEOUL/PANMUNJOM, Nov. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Unification Minister Lee In-young called Wednesday for North Korea to restore severed cross-border communications lines and resume the operation of a now-destructed joint liaison office to bring the stalled inter-Korean relations back on track. Lee made the remarks in a speech at the opening ceremony for a tourism support [...]