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| Two Koreas remove landmines at tense border |
| 2018-10-01 |
| [Daily Mail] The two Koreas on Monday started to remove landmines along a section of their heavily fortified border as part of a summit deal to ease military tensions, Seoul said. The agreement between the nations -- which are technically still at war -- was reached at a meeting in Pyongyang last month between South Korean President Moon Jae-in and his North Korean counterpart Kim Jong Un. The summit was the third this year between the leaders, following a rapid thaw in relations. Both sides undertook to carry out landmine removal work at the Joint Security Area (JSA) over a 20-day period, according to the South Korean defence ministry. A spokesman said the operation had begun on both sides, though this was not confirmed by the North. The JSA, also known as the truce village of Panmunjom, is the only spot along the tense, 250-kilometre (155 miles) frontier where troops from the two countries stand face to face. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #4 Nice that they are together removing obstacles preventing the North Korean army moving south when the time comes. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2018-10-01 18:08 |
| #3 1,000 Nork soldiers dancing jigs Synchronized, natch, to screechy metallic "Irish Washerwoman" echoing eerily through the hills. |
| Posted by: Omineger the Grim3491 2018-10-01 16:07 |
| #2 Still, more progress than we've seen since 1953. Glad to have Rantburg covering this, since I'm sure it won't appear in any of the media. |
| Posted by: Tom 2018-10-01 11:06 |
| #1 It would still be nice to see 1,000 Nork soldiers dancing jigs all over the de-mined area just to make sure. |
| Posted by: gorb 2018-10-01 10:04 |