What kind of place is Panmunjom on the Korean Peninsula?

Panmunjom is located in the central and western part of the Korean peninsula, 5 kilometers south of the 38th parallel north latitude. This used to be a little-known place. 1On July 27th, 953, the Korean Armistice Agreement was signed here, and Panmunjom became famous all over the world. After War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression's victory, the dividing line between North and South Korea was the 38th parallel with 38 degrees north latitude. After the Korean War, Chinese people's Volunteer Army and the Korean People's Army pushed the dividing line southward to the location of Panmunjom today. Panmunjom is the witness of the Korean War and the division of the Korean Peninsula, and it is also the most sensitive frontier of the DPRK and the ROK today. On July 22nd, 20 12, the exposed mine density in Panmunjom was the highest in the world.

Panmunjom is located in the central and western part of the Korean peninsula.1On July 27th, 953, the Korean Armistice Agreement was signed here, and Panmunjom became famous all over the world. After the Korean armistice, the north and south sides of Korea built 24 buildings in this "common security area" with a diameter of about 800 meters.

On the Shachuan River in the southwest of the Korean Peninsula, there is a small village on the Jingyi line. It is located 5 kilometers south of the 38 north latitude line and 8 kilometers southeast of Kaesong. 1953 where the Korean armistice negotiations were signed. It is now the seat of the Korea-DPRK Special Liaison Committee.

In the past, it was a little-known place, and its name began when the representative of China who participated in the armistice agreement of the Korean War marked the shops near the site as "Panmunjom". 1On July 27th, 953, the Korean Armistice Agreement was signed here, making Panmunjom famous all over the world. Therefore, Panmunjom is also called "Armistice Village".

The Korean armistice talks began in July 195 1 in Laifengzhuang, a suburb of Kaesong controlled by North Korea, and moved to Panmunjom, a military demarcation line, from June 195 1. At that time, there were no buildings here, so we had to use some temporary military tents as negotiation venues. The night before the armistice agreement was signed, engineers and technicians from the DPRK and China miraculously built a wooden hall with Korean national characteristics. Today, this signing hall, together with the negotiation venue of that year, has become a historic memorial place. For some time after the Korean armistice, Panmunjom was still used as the meeting place of Armistice Commission.

On August 7-8, 2007, the two-day meeting of the working group on economic and energy cooperation of the six-party talks on the Korean nuclear issue was held in the "Peace House" on the Korean side of Panmunjom.

After the armistice in Korea, the two sides built 24 buildings in this "joint security area" with a diameter of about 800 meters. Panmunjom and Unification Pavilion are built in the north, and Freedom House and Peace House are built in the south, which are the locations of the North-South liaison agencies and the places for dialogue respectively. Many inter-Korean talks were also held here.

The "joint security area" actually spans the north-south military demarcation line, and the negotiating table in the Military Armistice Commission is located in the middle of this line. On the military demarcation line, there are also seven sky-blue simple wooden houses, which are the conference hall of the Military Armistice Commission established according to the Armistice Agreement and the workplace of the Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission. In the conference hall of the Military Armistice Commission, there is a long table in the middle, and representatives of both sides sit on both sides respectively during the meeting. Outside the house, the guards of North Korea and the United States and South Korea stand across a 5 cm high cement line-the military demarcation line, and neither side can take a step.

Military demarcation line The north-south military demarcation line is 24 1 km long, with yellow landmarks 1 and 29 1. The Korean side is written in English and Korean, and the Korean side is written in Korean and Chinese. In order to avoid friction between the two sides, 2000 meters on each side of the military demarcation line is a demilitarized zone. Today, Panmunjom has become a tourist area at home and abroad. Visitors who come here for sightseeing must abide by the relevant regulations. Dress neatly. Jeans, sandals, shorts or sportswear are not allowed. You must transfer to a special bus in the joint security area and accept two military and police inspections.

Another unique landscape of Panmunjom, the propaganda village of Qita, is the flag tower erected in the north and south respectively. The south is only 100 meters high, while the flag tower in the north is as high as 160 meters, with a flag length of 30 meters, ranking first in the world. Below the banner is a village composed of many carefully planned small buildings, which is called "propaganda village" by the Korean side. It is said that there are no real villagers living there, only a few staff responsible for raising and lowering flags and workers who maintain houses all the year round.

There are also two villages in the military control zone on the Korean side, and the other is Dacheng Cave (also known as Freedom Village) under the jurisdiction of the Joint Security Area. There are 237 people in the east of Dacheng, and they have lived here for generations. Generally, tourists are not allowed to visit Dacheng Cave. Because of the special environment, residents of Dachengdong work in the fields during the day and go home after dark, and they are required to close the doors and windows before 1 1 at night.