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 [...]
YEONCHEON, South Korea, Aug. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – North Korea released water from a border dam without giving prior notice to South Korea on Monday, causing the water levels of a cross-border river downstream to rise dangerously, officials said. The North opened the floodgates of Hwanggang Dam on the western inter-Korean border, sending water into [...]
SEOUL, July 6 (Korea Bizwire) – The South Korean military said Wednesday that it has found nearly 260 wooden-box North Korean landmines washed up along the inter-Korean border region between 2010 through 2015. The military said it counted 259 landmines that were presumably buried by the North but were swept away due to heavy rains [...]
PAJU, June 29 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s military is keeping close tabs on water levels at a dam near the inter-Korean border, and is ready to step in if Pyongyang suddenly discharges water down the Imjin River. Sources reported that the water level at the North’s Hwanggang Dam bordering South Korea has risen to [...]