S. Korea Video Shows N. Korea Destroying Guard Posts in Demilitarized Zone (+Video)
TEHRAN (Tasnim) - North Korea destroyed ten guard posts in the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) as part of the peace process between the two nations.
A video released by South Korean medias shows Pyongyang destroying ten of its Guard posts across the borders of its southern neighbor after two countries agreed to dismantle the heavily fortified, 155-mile (248 km) border set up in the wake of the Korean War between the two countries, During a summit in September.
Pyongyang had earlier withdrawn troops and weapons from 11 of their guard posts.
North Korea is still said to have approximately 150 guard posts in the DMZ, which also contains a reported two million landmines.
South Korea has approximately 60 such posts, protected by mines, layers of barbed wires, and heavily armed soldiers on 24-hour patrol.
The dismantling of the posts will take place by both sides after which they are set to verify each other’s work.
Per the agreements signed in September, the countries also agreed to disarm a shared village called Panmunjom.
They have also put a freeze on any live-fire drills along the border and slowly begun the process of disarming landmines in order to search for the dead from the Korean War, which ended in 1953.
Tensions between the countries have eased since the Winter Olympics in February 2018 took place in Pyeongchang, South Korea.
The second summit between Mr Moon and Mr Kim could happen as early as next month.
