Border between North Korea and South Korea
The border between North Korea and South Korea , also known as the Military Demarcation Line , extends from the Yellow Sea in the west to the Sea of Japan in the east over a length of 150 miles. It has divided the Korean Peninsula into North Korea and South Korea since 1953 . The peninsula had already been divided into two zones of occupation , which led to the Korean War .
The Demilitarized Zone extends along the border with a width of about four kilometers. In the zone are the villages of Daeseong-dong on the South Korean side and Kijongng-dong on the North Korean side. At Panmunjeom , a place through which the border runs, there is the bridge of no return ; it is a photo opportunity for tourists.
The South Korean capital Seoul is about 50 km south.
The approximately 200 kilometer long maritime border, the Northern Limit Line , was set by a commander of the UN troops in 1953. In 1999 the government in Pyongyang established a maritime border further south. The North Korean military shelled the South Korean island of Yeonpyeong in an attack in 2010 .
The border is a place of symbolic encounters. On June 30, 2019, Donald Trump met with Kim Jong-un right at the border following the G20 summit in Osaka . As a result, both heads of government made short visits on both sides.
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- ↑ http://phoenix.de/content//339959 ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Artillery battle : North Korea bombarded South Korean island. In: Spiegel Online . November 23, 2010, accessed June 10, 2018 .
- ↑ FAZ.NET with PK; Capable: Artillery attack on South Korean island. In: FAZ.net . November 23, 2010, accessed October 13, 2018 .
- ↑ Friederike Böge, Patrick Welter: Trump crosses the border with North Korea. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung . June 30, 2019, accessed June 30, 2019 .