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, Aug. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — The United Nations Command has said it helped South Korea’s cultural agency conduct an on-site survey of an ancient castle site inside the Demilitarized Zone last week as part of a project to promote the border regions as a global peace zone. The Cultural Heritage Administration has been surveying [...]
SEOUL, May 25 (Korea Bizwire) — The deputy commander of the U.S.-led United Nations Command has praised South Korea’s handling of the new coronavirus and thanked the country for providing masks to Korean War veterans around the world. Vice Adm. Stuart Mayer made the comments as he joined “the COVID-19 Blueberry Challenge” initiated by the [...]
SEOUL, March 5 (Korea Bizwire) — The United Nations Command (UNC) has said it stands ready to approve requests for entry into the Demilitarized Zone separating the two Koreas in order to support aid provision, diplomatic meetings and other inter-Korean projects despite coronavirus concerns. “Things are quieter since #NorthKorea closed its borders due to #COVID19, [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — The United Nations Command (UNC) said it has approved a request from the South Korean government for entry into the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) for a survey on the situation regarding African swine fever (ASF). In a Facebook post Tuesday, the U.S.-led command said it approved “a short notice request” [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — The United Nations Command (UNC) has been highlighting the swift way it has been approving Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) entry requests from South Korea’s government amid calls for improvement in its handling of the issue. The command, which has jurisdiction over the DMZ that separates the two Koreas, said in [...]
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, Nov. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea is believed to have replaced all border security guards following a North Korean soldier’s recent defection to the South via a jointly controlled area at the tense border, an intelligence source said Thursday. A North Korean soldier was shot and wounded by his fellows Nov. 13 when [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 16 (Korea Bizwire) – The United Nations Command (UNC) reversed a plan Thursday to make public footage of a North Korean soldier making a desperate defection dash to South Korea earlier this week. It cited concern over unnecessary speculation on what happened at the truce village of Panmunjom on Monday afternoon. The North’s soldier suffered multiple gunshot wounds, chased by his fellow soldiers [...]