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Historic Sites Attractions In Siheung

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Siheung Korean: [ɕi.ɦɯŋ] is a city in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. In the early Three Kingdoms period, the Siheung area was part of the Baekje kingdom. It was lost to Goguryeo along with the Han River valley in 475. Siheung acquired its current administrative identity on January 1, 1989, when the old county of Siheung was divided into the cities of Siheung, Gunpo, and Uiwang. At the time Siheung city had a population of only 93,000. This number more than tripled in the following decade, as massive suburban apartment complexes were developed. Today's Siheung City area belonged to old Incheon and Ansan before 1914. Notable landmarks include Oi Isl...
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  • 1. DMZ Paju
    The Korean Demilitarized Zone is a strip of land running across the Korean Peninsula. It is established by the provisions of the Korean Armistice Agreement to serve as a buffer zone between North Korea and South Korea. The demilitarized zone is a border barrier that divides the Korean Peninsula roughly in half. It was created by agreement between North Korea, China and the United Nations in 1953. The DMZ is 250 kilometres long, and about 4 kilometres wide. Within the DMZ is a meeting point between the two nations in the small Joint Security Area near the western end of the zone, where negotiations take place. There have been various incidents in and around the DMZ, with military and civilian casualties on both sides.
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