Trump could visit the Demilitarized Zone three two Koreas
The US President, Donald Trump, could visit the Korean Demilitarized Zone, the fortified area that separates North Korea from South Korea, during his visit to Seoul next month. The South Korean news agency Yonhap writes. At the end of September, the White House had sent a team to decide what "special activities" Trump could do during his stay in South Korea, but for now there is no official confirmation. The American president should send a strong message to the Pyongyang regime, after the tensions over the missile and nuclear program that North Korea does not seem to want to abandon. Trump could also visit Panmunjom, the village where in 1953 there was the truce that ended the Korean War. Vice President Mike Pence visited the Korean Demilitarized Zone, as did former US President Barack Obama. Trump will travel to Japan, South Korea, China, Vietnam and the Philippines from November 3-14.
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The demilitarized zone Korean (o ZDC) is a strip of land that crosses the Korean Peninsula established by mutual agreement between North Korea, China and the United Nations in 1953 that serves as a buffer zone between the two Koreas. It divides the Korean Peninsula into two parts, crosses the 38th parallel (representing the previous border between the two states) at an acute angle, with the west part south of the 38th parallel, and the east part north of it. It is 248 km long and 4 km wide, and despite its name it is the most heavily armed border in the world. Over the years the area has been the scene of several incidents involving both civilians and military. The Zone was established as such at the end of the Korean War; with the armistice of July 27, 1953, the two warring parties agreed to withdraw their troops 2.000 meters from the Korean military demarcation line, thus creating a buffer zone of 4 km wide. The Korean military demarcation line, in English “Military Demarcation Line (MDL)” is located in the center of the DMZ, and indicates exactly the position of the front at the time of the signing of the armistice.
Within the demilitarized zone, off the peninsular west coast, is the Joint Security Area, where the negotiations take place and where the main treaties were signed. Initially it was the only point of contact between the two Koreas, but in 2007 things changed when the railway crossing the demilitarized zone was put back into operation.