South Korea and the U.S. discussed potential changes in how parts of the heavily fortified border with North Korea are managed at recent defence talks in Washington, Seoul’s defence ministry said on Thursday.
The issue was discussed at a bilateral integrated defence consultative body, a ministry spokesperson said, adding there had been “progress”. She denied reports that it could result in joint or divided control of the Demilitarized Zone.
“It is not joint management. Nor is it divided management,” the spokesperson told a briefing. “It (is) making DMZ management in some sections more realistic.”
The DMZ marks a buffer zone along the line where the 1950-53 Korean War – when China and North Korea battled U.N. forces led by the United States – ended with an armistice, not a treaty.
The United Nations Command oversees the DMZ under the armistice agreement, and the defence ministry spokesperson said Seoul respected its authority while consulting with Washington on technical arrangements for some areas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
South Korea and the U.S. discussed potential changes in how parts of the heavily fortified border with North Korea are managed at recent defence talks in Washington, Seoul’s defence ministry said on Thursday.The issue was discussed at a bilateral integrated defence consultative body, a ministry spokesperson said, adding there had been “progress”. She denied reports […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38925","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\n