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The Korean side of the Panmunjom Joint Garrison Area on the Inter-Korean Border is open to the public today

author:China News Network

According to the Korean Radio International (KBS), on May 1, the study tour on the Korean side of Panmunjom on the Inter-Korean border was restarted, and the "hiking bridge" in the Panmunjom Common Security Zone (JSA) and the commemorative tree planting site were opened to the public from the same day.

According to reports, the South Korean government said that from May 1, the Panmunjom visit will be held for the public.

The Korean side of the Panmunjom Joint Garrison Area on the Inter-Korean Border is open to the public today

Data chart: On April 27, 2018, local time, Kim Jong-un and Moon Jae-in jointly planted a 65-year-old pine tree near the military demarcation line of Panmunjom, which is a pine tree in 1953, the year the armistice was signed, and the soil planted was from North and South Korea. The leaders of the ROK and the DPRK also took a group photo at the site of the tree planting event.

It is reported that anyone who applies for a visit and obtains a visit permit will be able to visit the main place where the inter-Korean leaders held talks on April 27, 2018. The "trekking bridge" and the place where the memorial trees were planted by South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un will all be opened.

To visit the Panmunjom Common Security Area, you need to apply for a group of 30 to 45 people. The first week of the tour is a demonstration for students, and the target audience will be gradually expanded in the future. Ordinary people can apply for a visit on the website of the Korea National Intelligence Agency, and students, teachers and civil servants can apply on the website of the Inter-Korean Talks Headquarters.

On April 27, 2018, Moon Jae-in and Kim Jong-un held a historic meeting at the "Peace House" on the South Korean side of Panmunjom on the Inter-Korean border, and the image of the two sides shaking hands across the inter-Korean border became one of the key images defining 2018. After the meeting, the DPRK and the ROK signed the Panmunjom Declaration, announcing their efforts to realize the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula and the transformation of the cease-and-go mechanism.

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