North Korea has mined border crossings on its side of the demilitarized zone, the South's military ... Peninsula roughly in half along the 38th Parallel north. The 2.5-mile wide, 160-mile long ...

DON'T MISS: The DMZ, also known as the 38th Parallel, was established as a buffer zone in 1953 after the Korean war. It is 250 kilometers long and four kilometres wide. Soldiers from both North ...

The Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) has held the title of "the world's most dangerous border ... Neighbors on opposite sides of the line suddenly held different nationalities, and individuals caught on the ...