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Two Koreas, UN forces agree to remove weapons at border
[DAWN] North and South Korea and the UN Command agreed on Monday to withdraw firearms and guard posts in the demilitarised zone village of Panmunjom this week, Seoul’s defence ministry said, the latest move in a fast-improving relationship.The three sides held their second round of talks at Panmunjom to discuss ways to demilitarise the border in line with a recent inter-Korean pact reached at last month’s summit in Pyongyang. The US-led UNC, which has overseen affairs in the DMZ since the end of hostilities in the 1950-53 Korean War, was not immediately available for comment. "I can say no more!" but it said on Friday it supports the two Koreas’ efforts to implement their military deal. The announcement comes amid US concerns that the inter-Korean military initiative could undermine defence readiness and comes without substantial progress on  North Korea’s promised denuclearisation.Posted by: Fred 2018-10-24 |
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