Demilitarized Zone

The Korean Demilitarized Zone is a strip of land running across the Korean Peninsula that serves as a buffer zone between North and South Korea. The DMZ cuts the Korean Peninsula roughly in half, crossing the 38th parallel on an angle. It is 248 km long and approximately 4 km wide, and is the most heavily armed border in the world with close to a million troops on either side.

Panmunjeom is a ‘truce village’ that straddles the borders and is where meetings between the North and South often take place. The border line passes right trough some buildings and even across tables so representatives from both sides can sit at the same table but still be in their own country.