Seoul, Jan 29 (IANS) South Korea’s unification ministry said on Thursday that pending bills granting the South Korean government control of non-military access to the Demilitarised Zone (DMZ) do not conflict with the armistice as the bills require advance consultation with the United Nations Command (UNC). The ministry’s stance came a day after the UNC voiced strong opposition to the bills, calling them “completely at odds” with the armistice agreement that ended the 1950-53 Korean War.”The ongo…
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Seoul, Jan 22 (IANS) South Korea’s unification ministry said Thursday it will seek consultations with the UN Command (UNC) over its move to reopen three shuttered trail sections within the inter-Korean buffer zone of the Demilitarised Zone (DMZ). In 2019, South Korea launched 11 trail routes, known as the DMZ Peace Trail, along key border cities and towns near the buffer zone, including Gimpo, Paju and Yeoncheon, providing a rare glimpse into generally inaccessible forest and security sites to t…
Seoul, Dec 28 (IANS) The American-led United Nations Command (UNC) has said a Military Demarcation Line (MDL) marking the boundary between the two Koreas has been under its authority, in an apparent objection to an internal revision by South Korea’s military over land border rules to prevent accidental clashes with North Korea.The UNC said in a statement to Yonhap News Agency, “The United Nations Command reaffirms its commitment to maintaining the Armistice Agreement, including the MDL, and to s…
Seoul, Dec 22 (IANS) South Korea’s unification ministry on Monday dismissed a news report that it had proposed a constitutional revision to President Lee Jae Myung to recognise North Korea as a separate nation as part of efforts to resume engagement with Pyongyang. The reaction came after a local newspaper claimed that the ministry had proposed amending the Constitution to recognise North Korea as a separate, independent nation during a closed-door policy briefing to Lee last Friday.The Constitu…