PAJU/SEOUL, July 19 (Korea Bizwire) — About four years ago, the inter-Korean truce village of Panmunjom was brimming with renewed hopes for peace, as a rare summit between the two Koreas took place there, diluting its image of cross-border tension, albeit temporarily. But such hopes appeared to be fading amid COVID-19 and uncertainties in inter-Korean [...]
SEOUL, April 15 (Korea Bizwire) — The United Nations Command (UNC) said Thursday it will resume tours to the inter-Korean border village of Panmunjom next week after a monthslong suspension due to the coronavirus situation. Tours to Panmunjom, or the Joint Security Area (JSA), will resume Tuesday, according to the U.S.-led command, four months after [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — A tour program to the inter-Korean border village of Panmunjom will resume early next month after more than a year of suspension caused by the African swine fever, the unification ministry said Monday. The reopening comes as there have been no recent reports of the animal disease in Paju, [...]
SEOUL, May 17 (Korea Bizwire) — The 14-day-long examination period required for South Koreans’ tours to the demilitarized border village of Panmunjom may be cut to a three-day process, the United Nations Command (UNC) said Sunday. The UNC said it is currently discussing the simplification plan with the South Korean government. “The 14-day examination required [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea is pushing to allow its citizens to make individual visits to the truce village of Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone, which separates the two Koreas, the unification ministry said Tuesday. The Inter-Korean Exchange and Cooperation Promotion Council approved the 1.4 billion won (US$1.2 million) expenditure plan to [...]
PANMUNJOM, May 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Civilian tours to the inter-Korean border village of Panmunjom resumed Wednesday, with access expanded to previously off-limits points, including a bridge that President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un walked along during their first summit last year. The resumption came around six months after the popular tours [...]
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 [...]
PANMUNJOM/GOYANG, Apr. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un vowed sincere efforts to make progress at their bilateral summit Friday in the Joint Security Area of Panmunjom, which Moon said now symbolizes peace, instead of division. The historic summit began after the leaders met for the first [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — The leaders of the North and South Korea will meet at the Peace House in Panmunjom, a historic location on the border where previous leaders agreed to pause the Korean War. South Korean president Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un will sit at a table that is 2018 [...]
SEOUL, March 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Prime Minister Lee Nak-yeon held a government meeting at the Seoul government complex yesterday where he led discussions on 27 initiatives aimed at resolving longstanding difficulties facing trauma centers. Public awareness of trauma centers first skyrocketed last November, when a North Korean soldier who had sustained gunshot wounds in [...]