Korean Demilitarized Zone
North-South Korean border barrier
Korean Demilitarized Zone
The Korean Demilitarized Zone (Korean: 한반도/조선반도 비무장 지대), also known as the Korean DMZ, KDMZ, or simply the DMZ, is a strip of land running across the Korean Peninsula which intersects the 38th parallel north. The DMZ is a border barrier that divides the peninsula roughly in half. It was established to serve as a demilitarized zone between the sovereign states of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) and the Republic of Korea (South Korea) under the provisions of the Korean Armistice Agreement in 1953, an agreement between North Korea, China, and the United Nations Command. The DMZ is 250 kilometers (160 mi) long and about 4 kilometers (2.5 mi) wide (2 kilometers on either side of the Military demarcation line - MDL. On either side of the zone the border is heavily militarized. The zone is a frontline in the ongoing Korean conflict. There have been various incidents in and around the DMZ, with military and civilian casualties on both sides. Within the DMZ is a meeting point...
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