Low-slung buildings, blue huts and somber soldiers dot the border village of Panmunjom inside the DMZ, or demilitarized zone, the swath of land between North and South Korea where a U.S. soldier ...

Bitte passen Sie die Einstellungen an. Last July, adrenaline levels in the village of Panmunjom skyrocketed when Travis King, an American soldier in civilian clothes, suddenly broke away from a ...

They have visited the truce village of Panmunjom, and vowed to counter any provocations. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Kim Myung-soo is South Korea's highest-ranking military official.

At the end of the Korean War, after 2 years of negotiation, an armistice was signed on July 27, 1953, at Panmunjom on the 38th parallel. A demilitarised zone was set up which stands to this day.