Tag: DMZ
Seoul plans marathon at DMZ in Olympics with Pyongyang
Olympic runners and cyclists may be able to compete inside the heavily fortified demilitarized zone (DMZ), according to a working draft of Seoul’s bid to co-host the 2032 Olympics with […]
Touring DMZ with North Korean defector
“I’m a dead man in my hometown,” a North Korean defector, who uses the alias Jeong Sang-soo to protect his identity, said during a Korea Times interview in the middle […]
Germany launches educational project on DMZ, Berlin Wall
PAJU, Gyeonggi Province — Young South Koreans, according to recent surveys, have been less open than older generations to reunification of the Korean Peninsula. The situation is similar in Germany. […]
Two Koreas begin clearing mines along DMZ
The two Koreas began removing landmines buried along the Military Demarcation Line (MDL) in the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), Monday, to fulfill a joint military agreement signed during the latest inter-Korean […]
DMZ film festival in limelight as it coincides with summit
This year’s DMZ International Film Festival has been in the limelight due to its rare overlapping with the inter-Korean summit that began on Tuesday. Opening last Thursday, the film festival […]
World peace forum Seven days in magic Korea
A total of 80 journalists from 60 countries have attended the Journalist Forum for World Peace (JFWP), held in Seoul, South Korea from 17- 23 of April 2016. The forum […]
Restoration of Peace and Unification of Korean Peninsula is inevitable
Standing at the observatory atop a hill in demilitarized zone (DMZ) between South and North Korea, I gazed towards northern part of Korean peninsula, covered with thick mist making it […]