Concrete Wall in Kaesong, North Korea
According to North Korea, between 1977 and 1979 the South Korean and United States authorities constructed a concrete wall along the DMZ. North Korea, however, began to propagate information about the wall after the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, when the symbolism of a wall unjustly dividing a people became more apparent.
Various organizations, such as the North Korean tour guide company Korea Konsult, claimed a wall was dividing Korea, saying that:
In the area south of the Military Demarcation Line, which cuts across Korea at its waist, there is a concrete wall which ... stretches more than 240 km from east to west, is 5–8 m high, 10–19 m thick at the bottom, and 3–7 m wide in the upper part. It is set with wire entanglements and dotted with gun embrasures, look-outs and varieties of military establishments.
In December 1999, Chu Chang-jun, North Korea's ambassador to China, repeated claims that a wall divided Korea. He said the south side of the wall is packed with soil, which permits access to the top of the wall and makes it effectively invisible from the south side. He also claimed that it served as a bridgehead for any northward invasion.
The United States and South Korea deny the wall's existence, although they do claim there are anti-tank barriers along some sections of the DMZ.
In the RT documentary 10 Days in North Korea, the crew shot footage of a wall as seen from North Korea and described it as a 5 metre high wall stretching from east to west. Dutch journalist and filmmaker Peter Tetteroo also shot footage of a barrier in 2001 which his North Korean guides said was the Korean Wall.
A 2007 Reuters report revealed that there is no coast to coast wall located across the DMZ and that the pictures of a wall which have been used in North Korean propaganda have merely been pictures of concrete anti-tank barriers. While 800,000 landmines were being removed in 2018, it was shown that the Joint Security Area along the Korean border was guarded by standard barbed wire.
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North Korea - The denied concrete wall in DMZ
North Korea claims that South Korea built a concrete wall inside the DMZ. South Korea denies that the wall exists.
The North Koreans make a big deal of this wall and wants everyone to see the irreparable scar of the Korean peninsula, caused by the South Koreans.
In our itinerary we were scheduled to visit this wall and se it for our selves.
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Sinuiju, North Korea－Pyongyang－Mount. Myohyang－Concrete Wall, Kaesong（Latitude 38°N）－
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North Korea - Unexpected picture on the wall (DPRK)
On the walls in the Armistice signing ceremony building, there was a picture of the swedish prime minister.
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1950s. Men in classroom; open pit mining w/ steam shovel, laborers & railroad cars. Titles. Posters & banners; men putting up wall postings & people reading. Truck w/ loudspeakers. People into building w/ man posters. Lines of people at bank teller exchanging money. Bundles of money into bans.
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S. Korea starting renovation of Kaesong Industrial Complex for joint liaison office
남북공동연락사무소 개보수 작업, 오늘부터 시작
South Korea is starting renovations of the joint liaison office with North Korea at the inter-Korean Kaesong Industrial Complex.
Starting today,.... a team of 26 South Koreans is to visit the complex everyday to renovate the buildings.
South Korean officials completed the pre-work for renovation in June -- they've drained the flooded buildings... and checked the electricity network.
Seoul and Pyongyang agreed to establish a joint liaison office at the Kaesong Industrial Complex at their high-level talks a month ago.
It will enable immediate person-to-person contact between the resident representatives of the two Koreas.
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S. Korea allows biz people to visit Gaeseong Industrial Complex
정부, 개성공단 기업인 방북 승인... 국민 재산보호 차원
South Korea has decided to allow businesspeople to go to the Gaesong Industrial Complex in North Korea... to check on their assets there for the first time in three years.
The government says it'll be working with the North to get them there.
We have our Kan Hyeong-woo at the Unification Ministry on the line for us. Hyeong-woo, tell us the latest.
Well Da-eun, as you said, the South Korean government has decided to allow these businesspeople, who had equipment and facilities at the Gaesong Complex, to go there for the first time since it was shut down in 2016.
The Unification Ministry held a press briefing about an hour ago. Let's take a listen.
The government has approved this trip to the North as it relates to the protection of South Korean people's property. The government will do its utmost to ensure that the businesspeople can check on their assets.
The Unification Ministry said the trip will be made by around 200 personnel.
The National Security Council on the same day also said that it's going provide support for the trip so that it can happen soon.
This was the 9th time the business owners had requested approval. The government had turned them down eight separate times over roughly the last three years.
Seoul has repeatedly explained to Washington that the purpose of the trip to Gaeseong is so the South Koreans can check up on their equipment and facilities and that it has nothing to do with resuming the operation of the complex.
A position the Unification Ministry says the U.S. fully understands.
But for the trip to happen,... Pyeongyang has to cooperate.
The Unification Ministry says it has spoken with North Korea about the trip... but isn't giving any more detail about how or when the two Koreas will have discussions.
The businesspeople who asked to go to Gaeseong welcomed the government's decision,... but for this trip to be meaningful,... they need to be able to inspect their machines and find ways to keep them maintained.
So we don't know when the businesspeople will get to actually go there. But tell us more about the Gaeseong Industrial Complex itself.
So Aram, the Industrial Complex in Gaeseong first opened in 2004.
It was the result of the peace-building atmosphere on the Korean Peninsula after the first-ever inter-Korean summit between then South Korean President Kim Dae-jung and then North Korean leader Kim Jong-il in 2000.
It's been a symbol of inter-Korean cooperation and one of the major cross-border projects.
But it wasn't without its share of problems.
Some 120 companies had to leave their assets behind when South Korea announced the shutdown of the complex in February 2016 after North Korea conducted a nuclear test and rocket launches.
During the third Moon-Kim summit last September,... the leaders of the two Koreas agreed to reopen the complex as soon as the right conditions were in place.
The reopening of the complex might be a long shot for now,... but the businesspeople who had to leave their property there three years ago can at least see what they left with their own eyes... as long as North Korea cooperates. That's all from me for now.
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Inter-Korean summits help to break stalemate on Korean Peninsula
세차례에 걸친 남북정상회담으로 시작된 한반도 평화
2018 is starting to wind down -- and what a year its been for the two Koreas,... three inter-Korean summits, a sharp reduction in tensions and even a joint Olympic team.
Over the next week and a half, we are going to look back at the top ten domestic and international stories of the year.
We'll have one of each everyday through New Year's Eve,... but since today is the first day, we are going to focus on two huge stories on the Korean Peninsula and one international story.
We start with the remarkable steps to peace the two Koreas took over the past twleve months.
Taking a look back for us... is our Shin Se-min.
The leaders of South and North Korea shaking hands at the world’s most heavily fortified border -- the first such meeting in over a decade -- signaling the start of a new era of peace.
And the firm handshake and warm embrace between President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un was just the first of three such meetings in 2018-- with the two proving to early skeptics that they planned to keep their promises.
“My goal is to resolve North Korea’s nuclear issue within my tenure and ensure stable peace in the region.”
“We should work together to ease the acute military tension between the North and the South and create a peaceful environment on the Korean Peninsula.”
Backing their verbal pledges with action,… the first summit produced the Panmunjeom Declaration which assured the world that military conflict would never again scar the Korean Peninsula.
It included working to officially bring an end to the Korean War, the opening of a liaison office in the North’s border town of Kaesong and allowing families separated during the war to meet again.
The leaders also agreed to meet again and set up a direct hotline so they could hold candid discussions.
And that’s exactly what they did.
On May 26th, President Moon held an impromptu meeting with the North Korean leader,… this time,… to SALVAGE another meeting: a summit between Kim Jong-un and U.S. President Donald Trump, scheduled for June 12th in Singapore.
And after President Moon helped close the gap between the once archest of enemies,… the leaders of Pyeongyang and Washington had THEIR first summit in history,… where, among other things, Kim and Trump committed to work toward denuclearization as well as lasting peace and prosperity.
A couple of months later, when working-level talks between the North and the U.S. seemed to have hit another wall, with President Trump canceling his top diplomat's trip to Pyeongyang over the stalled nuclear talks,... President Moon stepped-in again as the mediator-in-chief.
The three days President Moon spent in North Korea in mid-September resulted in the Pyeongyang Declaration.
It set off a wave of inter-Korean endeavors,… joint economic projects on rail and roads, the dismantlement of DMZ guard posts by December, followed by mutual verification and a reciprocal visit to Seoul by Kim at the earliest possible date.
And of course,... their personal relationship grew stronger-- leading to the exchange of gifts like the finest North Korean mushrooms, juicy tangerines from Jeju Island and even traditional Korean breeds of dogs.
However, a handful of promises made by the two leaders have yet to materialize-- like a declaration on officially ending the war and Kim’s visit to Seoul by year’s end,… in what would be the first ever visit to the South Korean capital by a North Korean leader since the peninsula was divided.
Despite the undeniable progress made this year, maintaining friendly ties will remain a challenge in 2019.
It’s still unclear whether concessions will come from the North and the U.S. to grease the tracks toward denuclearization-- but both Koreas seem firmly on track to cement a powerful re-conditioning of relations on the Korean Peninsula.
Shin Se-min, Arirang News.
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Inter-Korean summits help to break stalemate on Korean Peninsula
세차례에 걸친 남북정상회담으로 시작된 한반도 평화
2018 is starting to wind down -- and what a year its been for the two Koreas,... three inter-Korean summits, a sharp reduction in tensions and even a joint Olympic team.
Over the next week and a half, we are going to look back at the top ten domestic and international stories of the year.
We'll have one of each everyday through New Year's Eve,... but since today is the first day, we are going to focus on two huge stories on the Korean Peninsula and one international story.
We start with the remarkable steps to peace the two Koreas took over the past twleve months.
Taking a look back for us... is our Shin Se-min.
The leaders of South and North Korea shaking hands at the world’s most heavily fortified border -- the first such meeting in over a decade -- signaling the start of a new era of peace.
And the firm handshake and warm embrace between President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un was just the first of three such meetings in 2018-- with the two proving to early skeptics that they planned to keep their promises.
“My goal is to resolve North Korea’s nuclear issue within my tenure and ensure stable peace in the region.”
“We should work together to ease the acute military tension between the North and the South and create a peaceful environment on the Korean Peninsula.”
Backing their verbal pledges with action,… the first summit produced the Panmunjeom Declaration which assured the world that military conflict would never again scar the Korean Peninsula.
It included working to officially bring an end to the Korean War, the opening of a liaison office in the North’s border town of Kaesong and allowing families separated during the war to meet again.
The leaders also agreed to meet again and set up a direct hotline so they could hold candid discussions.
And that’s exactly what they did.
On May 26th, President Moon held an impromptu meeting with the North Korean leader,… this time,… to SALVAGE another meeting: a summit between Kim Jong-un and U.S. President Donald Trump, scheduled for June 12th in Singapore.
And after President Moon helped close the gap between the once archest of enemies,… the leaders of Pyeongyang and Washington had THEIR first summit in history,… where, among other things, Kim and Trump committed to work toward denuclearization as well as lasting peace and prosperity.
A couple of months later, when working-level talks between the North and the U.S. seemed to have hit another wall, with President Trump canceling his top diplomat's trip to Pyeongyang over the stalled nuclear talks,... President Moon stepped-in again as the mediator-in-chief.
The three days President Moon spent in North Korea in mid-September resulted in the Pyeongyang Declaration.
It set off a wave of inter-Korean endeavors,… joint economic projects on rail and roads, the dismantlement of DMZ guard posts by December, followed by mutual verification and a reciprocal visit to Seoul by Kim at the earliest possible date.
And of course,... their personal relationship grew stronger-- leading to the exchange of gifts like the finest North Korean mushrooms, juicy tangerines from Jeju Island and even traditional Korean breeds of dogs.
However, a handful of promises made by the two leaders have yet to materialize-- like a declaration on officially ending the war and Kim’s visit to Seoul by year’s end,… in what would be the first ever visit to the South Korean capital by a North Korean leader since the peninsula was divided.
Despite the undeniable progress made this year, maintaining friendly ties will remain a challenge in 2019.
It’s still unclear whether concessions will come from the North and the U.S. to grease the tracks toward denuclearization-- but both Koreas seem firmly on track to cement a powerful re-conditioning of relations on the Korean Peninsula.
Shin Se-min, Arirang News.
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63 Years of Korean Armistice: Part 2. Panmunjom, Joint Security Area
정전 63주년 특집: 총성이 멎은 후 63년... 판문점, JSA 공동경비구역
This week in July 1953, an armistice agreement was signed ending a brutal three-year conflict on the Korean peninsula... until a final peace agreement could be found.
More than six decades years later... no peace deal has been found and the armistice has created the most heavily militarized border in the world.
63 Years After the Ceasefire... that what's left behind. We take you inside Korea's DMZ and over the line into North Korea.
In the middle of rugged terrain... stands this newly built, modern railway station.
Inside... a sign shows this is the way to Pyongyang. But, security stations are unmanned and rows of immaculate seats remain empty.
The shiny and relatively new station, was built to connect north and south Korea. Sign shows, this, is the way to Pyongyang, you can even buy a ticket, and the rail lines are built in, all ready to go, but until relations improve, the ticket is just souvenir, because trains aren't running.
Beyond the red stop sign lies North Korea.
For now, the station is a symbol and hope of what could be improved relations with the North... something that will likely happen first with talks in a small building in the JSA.
Camp Bonifas. This is where the Republic of Korea and the United States JSA battalions jointly serve under the United Nations Command flag.
We're briefed on the history of the Korean War, the armistice, and the current status.
The northern boundary line and southern boundary line were each set at two kilometer distance from the MDL. This four kilometer wide and 248 km long buffer zone defined by boundaries came to be known as the demilitarized zone, or DMZ.
The opening salvo in the Cold War, the Korean War, was fought from 1950 until 1953, when the the armistice ended open warfare, but the war has unofficially been on for more than six decades now.
As recently as in August 1976, an overwhelming force of club- and axe-wielding North Korean guards assaulted UN Security Personnel while they monitored a civilian tree-trimming work party... here... in the JSA... killing two UNC officers were beaten to death.
Unlike threats from Iran or Syria's civil war, the Korean situation has been unresolved for 63 years... its most recognized flashpoint... is right here, Panmunjom.
This is a joint security area along the Korean border. We're walking towards the line that divides the two Koreas, I have to actually walk this way because we can't shoot right or left we can only shoot forward, there's a lot of restrictions on cameras. Now this is the blue room, which is the focal point of the JSA and we'll be walking inside the room.
The focal point of the JSA: the UN Military Armistice Commission's conference room T-2. It is here that a ceasefire was negotiated after the Korean War.
In fact, it's still used for negotiations.
The microphones on the table are recording and monitored 24 hours a day. They also represent the military demarcation line which is further extended to my right and to my left, outside this building.
So literally these microphone line here on the table defines the line, so South Korea on this side, and North Korea on this side.
On July 27th, 1953... the Korean Armistice Agreement was signed... in practice ending the bloody three year Korean War.
Signed by U.S. representing the United Nations Command, North Korea's Korean People's Army and the Chinese People’s Volunteer Army... it was designed to insure a complete cessation of hostilities and of all acts of armed force until a final peaceful settlement is achieved.
No final peaceful settlement has been achieved yet.
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North Korean soldier talking about the situation at the DMZ
Seoul to push for DMZ peace park project with Pyongyang
The South Korean government has decided to forge ahead with a number of projects that,... if realized,... would bolster economic ties with Pyongyang.
The list includes President Park Geun-hye's proposal to build a peace park on the heavily fortified border dividing the two Koreas,... and helping out business that promote cultural exchanges between Seoul and Pyongyang.
Our Yoo Li-an has the details.
Seoul will aim to strike a deal with Pyongyang sometime this year on building a peace park in the Demilitarized Zone separating the two Koreas.
The unification ministry made the announcement on Thursday as part of its key policy plans for the year during a joint policy briefing session with President Park Geun-hye.
The plan,... first proposed by President Park last year,... aims to create a peace park,... marked in yellow,... in the four-kilometer-wide buffer border zone.
The project was proposed with an aim of improving relations with North Korea.
The ministry for inter-Korean affairs also announced plans to push forth a so-called Eurasia Initiative that calls for linking energy and logistics infrastracture across the continent.
The ministry said it will explore measures to renovate a 54-kilometer track connecting North Korea's port city of Rajin and Russia's eastern border town of Khasan.
Through the project, Seoul wants to ultimately build a distribution channel that runs from South Korea's southernmost port city of Busan through North Korea and to Russia.
Moves for the project have been under way since November,... when President Park met with Russian President Vladimir Putin and signed a memorandum of understanding that will help South Korean companies take part in the railway revitalization project.
The unification ministry also announced it will look into businesses that could enhance cultural understanding between the two Koreas,... by working in various areas, including sports and arts.
The ministry emphasized however,... that it will also dedicate equal efforts to denuclearizing North Korea,... while trying to improve relations with its northern neighbor.
Yoo Li-an, Arirang News.