CHEORWON, South Korea, Oct. 3 (Korea Bizwire) –After a 15-minute bumpy ride along a dusty, hilly path inside the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), dozens of South Korean troops in full gear disembarked near a grisly site of intense battles during the 1950-53 Korean War. Accompanying them in the buffer zone separating the two Koreas was a [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — Today marks the start of the “Tour de DMZ,” an international cycling competition that will be held in areas adjacent to the demilitarized zone for five days from August 31 to September 4, according to the Ministry of the Interior and Safety. The competition will be divided into three [...]
PAJU, Aug. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Camp Greaves, situated 2 kilometers from the demilitarized zone (DMZ), was an army camp for American troops for more than half a century starting in 1953. The American military withdrew from the camp in 2004, and the area is now emerging as a popular tourism venue. Having served as [...]
CHUNCHEON, Jun. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Procedures to enter the demilitarized zone in Cheolwon-gun in Gangwon Province are expected to become easier. Having been approved by the United Nations Command, entry procedures to the DMZ by the relevant military unit will be simplified. In the past, visitors required formal approval from the UN Command to [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — The demilitarized zone between North and South Korea is home to 5,929 species of wild organisms, including 101 species on the brink of extinction. This is according to a study carried out by the National Institute of Ecology between 2014 and 2017 in various areas of the DMZ. Resources [...]
SEOUL, May 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Although North Korean military forces have typically planted mines within the DMZ come May, the yearly practice has not been spotted this year, according to the South Korean military. The military is paying close attention to whether the North’s actions are due to the inter-Korea agreement to cease “all [...]
SUWON, May 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Following the inter-Korea summit in Panmunjom, the demand for coffee at “Café Annyeong” in nearby Imjingak went through the roof with 700 to 800 cups of coffee now being sold daily, almost twice the amount from before the summit. This is according to an official at the Gyeonggi Tourism [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — A visit to South Korea’s heavily fortified Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) was picked as the most popular tour destination among foreign visitors, a study showed Wednesday. According to the study by the Korea Tourism Organization, a half-day visit to the DMZ area was the most popular tour picked by foreigners [...]
PAJU, Jan. 25 (Korea Bizwire) – Since its opening a little more than three years ago, the Camp Greaves DMZ Experience Center has slowly but surely become a pit stop for tourists visiting the Demilitarized Zone separating North and South Korea. The Gyeonggi Tourism Organization and Paju City revealed that 23,116 tourists visited Camp Greaves [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – Despite growing tensions with North Korea, the number of visitors to the DMZ has more than doubled this year, according to a travel agency. Cosmojin Travel Agency, which specializes in packages for international tourists in South Korea, said on Tuesday that the number of visitors to the Demilitarized Zone had [...]