Panmunjom
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English
Etymology
From Korean 판문점(板門店) (Panmunjeom).
Proper noun
Panmunjom
- A tiny, uninhabited hamlet in Korea, in the center of the demilitarized zone, where the North and South Korean governments meet.
- The Armistice meetings held at Panmunjom from 1951 to 1953 resulted in the cessation of hostilities in the peninsula.
- 2017 July 17, “South Korean President Moon Jae-In calls for rare talks with North”, in DW News[1], archived from the original on July 17, 2017, News[2]:
- South Korea's defense ministry called Monday for formal talks with its northern neighbor to be held on July 21 at Tongilgak, a North Korean building in the border town of Panmunjom where prior inter-Korea talks have been held.
- 2023 July 18, AP, “US citizen crosses border from South Korea into North Korea”, in The Guardian[3], →ISSN:
- Panmunjom, located inside the demilitarised zone (DMZ), was created at the close of the Korean war. Bloodshed and gunfire have occasionally occurred there, but it has also been a venue for numerous talks and a popular tourist spot.
- (metonymically) The Joint Security Area.
Synonyms
- (from Mandarin Chinese) Banmendian