Korean leaders to hold landmark summit

Kim Jong-un of North Korea and South Korean President Moon Jae-in will meet for the first time on April 27 at the “truce village” of Panmunjom for talks aimed at extending the recent détente on the Peninsula. The talks will pave the way for a historic summit between Kim and U.S. President Donald Trump

NORTH KOREA
SOUTH KOREANORTH KOREA
CHINA
RUSSIA
JAPAN
SOUTH KOREA
Pyongyang
Seoul
125 miles
200km
Yellow Sea (West Sea)
Sea of Japan(East Sea)

Panmunjom sits inside heavily fortified 250km-long Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) dividing two Koreas

PANMUNJOM: Also known as Joint Security Area (JSA) – site where armistice was signed in 1953, suspending Korean War

JSA – designated as sole place where officials from both sides could meet – is bisected by Military Demarcation Line

Panmunjom is last Cold War frontier where soldiers from both sides come face to face

North Korean Soldier 
South Korean Soldier

UN Command oversees military forces supporting South Korea

Site of defection of North Korean soldier in Nov 2017

Peace House: Kim and Moon to meet south of demarcation line, meaning Kim will be first North Korean leader to set foot in South since Korean War

Freedom House
Panmungak
Guard tower
Peace House
Guard tower
Peace Pagoda
Sunken Garden

Conference Row: Includes three buildings in UN blue. Delegates from North and South Korea meet in central building, across conference table precisely
bisected by border 

Kim-Moon meeting will be third ever held between leaders of two Koreas. Kim’s father, Kim Jong-il, met with two South Korean presidents – Kim Dae-jung in 2000 and Roh Moo-hyun in 2007 — in Pyongyang

80ft
25m

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Source: Global Security
Pictures: Associated Press