네비게이션 영역

This spot is the most known traveling course of DeMiliterized Zone along with the Panmunjeom. You can see the North Korea in your eyes via the observatory and the tunnel.
The Military Demarcation Line is surrounded by the Demilitarized Zone under the provisions of the Armistice (cease-fire) Agreement signed on July, 1953.
The Military Demarcation Line runs 155miles and separates the South and the North. Southern and Northern boundaries of the DMZ are located 2km apart from the MDL.
The Demilitarized Zone, which consists of the area between Southern and Northern boundaries of the DMZ, was established to serve as a buffer zone to prevent any means of provocative action and collision between the South and the North.
The civilian off-limit line was set up near the southern boundary of DMZ creating the civilian off-limit area, and its exact location varies from 5 to 20km away from Southern boundary of the DMZ.
The civilian off-limit area is different from the actual DMZ where installation of military facilities, station of armed troops and positioning of weapons are prohibited under the provisions of the Armistice Agreement.
Because of its low population density and restrained development, the civilian off-limit area was able to maintain excellent level of natural environment.
Along with the DMZ, the area recently is highly valued for environmental resource and undisrupted ecosystem.
The DMZ refers to 4km of area between Southern and northern boundaries of the DMZ centering the MDL. Station of armed forces and installation of military facilities are prohibited within the DMZ, and once an area is designated as a part of DMZ, previously stationed troops and installed military facilities must be removed to different locations. Its purpose is to prevent any types of armed collision between armed forces of two hostile countries.
In case of South Korea, the Military Demarcation Line refers to a line separating South Korea from North Korea that was established to bring cease-fire to the Korean War in accordance with the ‘Armistice Agreement on the Korean Peninsula’ of 1953. The length is a total of 155 miles and it separates the waistline of Korean peninsula starting from the western end of Korean peninsula to the eastern end.
CCL is a line that designates additional buffer zone to the DMZ within the area of 5 to 20km from southern boundary of the DMZ. Its purpose is to limit and control civilian’s entrance into the designated area in order to protect and maintain securities for military facilities and military operations those conducted in nearby area. CCL was activated and first became effective on February, 1954 on the authority of the commander of the 8th US Army.
Observation posts oversee both friendly and enemy forces, and their strategic location enables them to adjust and control the use of firearms and artilleries. To establish an observation post, it is important to secure the site where it’s most convenient to detect enemy’s approach that has not been detected by scout planes and radar, and to provide related information.
GOP refers to a platoon-level unit that is located in the distance from its main unit to prevent the main unit from any surprise attack from the enemy when the unit is taking a break during a road march or they are out on bivouac or out in combat position. GOP conducts missions to warn the main unit when they make an early detection of approaching enemy, carry out(conduct) limited level of combat mission to delay enemy’s approach and mislead enemy about the exact(original) location of the main unit and to cause as much damage as possible on the enemy before they finally reaches the main unit.
The southern and northern boundary lines are located 2km south and north of the MDL respective, which indicates the entrance into the DMZ. The 4km of buffer zone between those two boundary lines is referred as the demilitarized zone where entrance is strictly prohibited from the public. Within the DMZ, there are Guard Posts (GP) which refers to military outposts. They are the surveillance posts and they make an early detection of KPA’s infiltration and ambush as well as look out for the North Korean military activities near the DMZ. GPs are frontline posts and, for the most of cases, controlled by scout battalion from ‘near fence’ units.
Currently, there are a total of 112 villages in the north of the CCL including Daesong-dong ‘freedom’ village, which is located just below the MDL and first established on August, 1953 based on the “Agreement About Civilian’s Entrance Into DMZ”. Daesong-dong ‘freedom’ Village is the only village that exists inside the DMZ. Villagers of Daesong-dong are mostly engaged in a farming business and they are exempt from federal taxes and mandatory military draft.
Gijong-Dong village is the southernmost village of North Korea, which is located only 1.8km straight away from the Daesong-dong village. At the entrance of the village, there is a world’s tallest 160m flag pole hanging a North Korean flag whose size is 100 units of area. Inside of the village, there are about 40 densely gathered 3 to 5-story buildings.
The DMZ is approximately 992 square kilometers in area and consists of mountains, plains, valleys, and basins. The area is home to many internationally protected species, endangered species, natural monuments, and protected wild flora and fauna. It also offers a habitat and migratory route for important waterfowls and crane species. Currently, of the 2,900 species inhabiting South and North Korea, 960 flora species, 35 of the 70 mammal species, and 64 of the bird species are found in the DMZ.