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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

North Korea has implemented a shoot-on-sight policy during the pandemic. The person was detected in the Demilitarised Zone (DMZ), which separates the two Koreas, at a point on the east coast at ...