What is it like to stand on the border between the two Koreas? The place where silence overtakes you like a wave and a subtle tension looms around, Panmunjom is perhaps one of the places in the world where history has yet to move forward.
In the Korean War that broke out in 1950, the United Nations Command on the South Korean side, consisting mainly of U.S. troops, fought fiercely with the Chinese-North Korean Command.
Ultimately neither side made major headway, and it was near the 38th parallel north between North and South Korea, at the village of Panmunjom, that the two states signed their armistice agreement on July 27, 1953.
That is why it has been seen as a symbol of division between the two Koreas. It is now a popular place for foreigners to visit from the South Korean side.
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