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The official border between North and South Korea (the Military Demarcation Line or MDL) lies roughly along the 38th parallel of north latitude. The Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) is the area two kilometers on each side of that line. Civilians are not allowed in the DMZ without military escort.

The Joint Security Area (JSA) in Panmunjom is the only place where the two sides stand face-to-face. [The village of Panmunjom doesn't really exist any more, but the JSA is in about the same place.] The USO office in Seoul arranges tours of parts of the JSA. Photography is not allowed in some areas for security purposes.

In 1953, the United Nations Command (UNC) [supporting South Korea] and the Chinese-North Korean Command signed an armistice agreement to end heavy fighting and created the Military Armistice Commission (MAC) to supervise implementation of the armistice. In the JSA a few buildings including the MAC conference room lie directly on the MDL. This video is inside the MAC conference room. Our escort refers to the guards as ROK soldiers [ROK = Republic of Korea].

USA — spreading democracy one acronym at a time….

If the embedded files above don’t play, you should be able to watch it here or here.