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  2. Korean Demilitarized Zone - Wikipedia

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    The Korean Demilitarized Zone is visible at night from space because of a noticeable lack of lighting in the northern half of the Korean Peninsula. The Korean Demilitarized Zone intersects but does not follow the 38th parallel north, which was the border before the Korean War. It crosses the parallel on an angle, with the west end of the DMZ ...

  3. Demilitarized zone - Wikipedia

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    The mission of UNCMAC is to supervise the Military Armistice Agreement between the two Koreas along the 151 mile Demilitarized Zone (DMZ). A demilitarized zone (DMZ or DZ) [1] is an area in which treaties or agreements between states, military powers or contending groups forbid military installations, activities, or personnel. A DZ often lies ...

  4. File:Demilitarized Zone, North Korea (2914652546).jpg

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    English: The Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), the 4km wide buffer zone separating North and South Korea is rather ironically, anything but demilitarized. Both countries are still technically at war, the ceasefire and armistice that ended the fighting were never followed with a formal peace treaty.

  5. Photos show how Israeli airstrikes wiped out remnants of ...

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    Despite the widespread strikes across Syria, Israeli military officials said the country's armed forces were operating beyond the Israeli-occupied demilitarized buffer zone in Golan Heights but ...

  6. A look inside North Korea and the Demilitarized Zone - AOL

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    Tensions continue to rise between North and South Korea after the North's recent missile launch and the South's halting of joint factory operations.

  7. 10 of the most heavily guarded places on Earth - AOL

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    Korean Demilitarized Zone is a 160 mile strip of landing dividing North and South Korea. It is so heavily defended that it has become a nature preserve. 4.

  8. Vietnamese Demilitarized Zone - Wikipedia

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    1969 map of the Demilitarized Zone. The Vietnamese Demilitarized Zone was a demilitarized zone at the 17th parallel in Quang Tri province that was the dividing line between North Vietnam and South Vietnam from 21 July 1954 to 2 July 1976, when Vietnam was officially divided into 2 de facto countries, which was 2 de jure military gathering areas supposed to be sustained in the short term after ...

  9. Joint Security Area - Wikipedia

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    The Joint Security Area (JSA, often referred to as the Truce Village or Panmunjom) is the only portion of the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) where North and South Korean forces stand face-to-face. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The JSA is used by the two Koreas for diplomatic engagements and, until March 1991, was also the site of military negotiations between ...