SEOUL, May 8 (Korea Bizwire) — An Asiatic black bear, classified worldwide as a first-grade endangered animal, has been spotted inside the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) that separates the two Koreas, government agencies said Wednesday. The Ministry of Environment and the National Institute of Ecology (NIE) said one Asiatic black bear was photographed last October by [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — The eastern coastal section of the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) will be open to civilian hikers this weekend for the first time since the end of the Korean War, government officials said Friday. One of three DMZ Peace Trails planned by the South Korean government and recently approved by the [...]
UIJEONGBU, Apr. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Gyeonggi Province announced on Thursday that it will be hosting the DMZ Trail Running race weekend from September 20 to 22 on the Peace Nuri Trail that stretches across Gimpo, Paju, and Yeoncheon alongside the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ). Trail running refers to a specific type of athletics which involves [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The United Nations Command (UNC) said Tuesday it approved the opening of the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) separating the two Koreas for a hiking trail in the east coast border town of Goseong. The Goseong course is one of three “DMZ Peace Trail” sites proposed by the South Korean government [...]
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, [...]