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North and South Korea met in the truce village of Panmunjom — these extraordinary photos show what it’s like

For the first time in more than two years, delegations from North and South Korea have met for official talks.

Their meeting place was “truce village” Panmunjom, the site of the signing of the Korean Armistice Agreement in 1953.

Since then, Panmunjom has become the only part of the demilitarized zone where North and South Korean soldiers face one another every day, and where foreign dignitaries come to peer into North Korea for themselves.

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For the first time in more than two years, delegations from North and South Korea have met for official talks.

Their meeting place was “truce village” Panmunjom, the site of the signing of the Korean Armistice Agreement in 1953.

Since then, Panmunjom has become the only part of the demilitarized zone where North and South Korean soldiers face one another every day, and where foreign dignitaries come to peer into North Korea for themselves.

But life in Panmunjom and surrounding villages is remarkably ordinary. Shops exist, kids attend schools and farmers toil the fields — though much of this is done with a backdrop of high tensions and a military presence.

 

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Featured image courtesy of AP

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