South Korea's spotters first noticed anti-tank and anti-personnel mines being laid at sites within the DMZ several months ago, according to Seoul's Joint Chiefs of Staff. These locations included ...

A North Korean soldier defected to the South by crossing the heavily protected Demilitarised Zone (DMZ) separating the two sides. This is the fourth defection by a North Korean soldier via the DMZ ...

One can easily locate Korea on a world map or globe by following 127º east meridian north ... It is also quite close to an important geopolitical feature called “the demilitarized zone,” or DMZ. The ...

On June 25, I visited the Demilitarized Zone, or DMZ, between North and South Korea. The day of my visit marked exactly 73 years since the Korean War began in 1950, and the spot I stood at wasn't ...

Mentions of the DMZ evoke thoughts of North Korean missile tests, high-level summit meetings, barbed wire fences, and stoic army personnel. However, the DMZ simultaneously exists as a place of rich ...

It is even more unusual for North Koreans to cross at the JSA, which is a tourist attraction, and the only portion of the DMZ where both forces stand face-to-face. North and South Korea are ...