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of DMZMeaning
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| The border area between South and North Korea
is called by DMZ(De-Militarized Zone), CCZ(Civilian
Control Zone) or CCA (Civilian Control Area). |
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The military demarcation
line was established according to the Armistice
Agreement in 27 July 1953. DMZ is the place formed
by the agreement that both parties should retreat
2km from the line.
Total 1,292 signboards of the Military Demarcation
Line were established from Imjin riverside to the
east coast. 696 signboards have been controlled
by the U.N. Forces and the rest are under the control
of North Korea and China. Contrary to the Armistice
Agreement, both parties have not observed the principle
that they should retreat 2km from the line. |
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| CCZ(Civilian Control
Zone) |
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| Civilian control line
is the agricultural line, which was established
by the commander of the 8th U.S. Army Corps in Feb.
1954 to restrict entering and farming of civilian.
The agricultural line was changed to the civilian
control line since military carried out the duties
of defense. Civilian was allowed to enter or stay
for agriculture. As a result, more than 100 villages
had generated between 1959 and 1973; 99 independence
& stability villages, 12 reconstruction villages,
and 2 unification villages. Also, the villages had
made with purpose of facing propagation village
of North Korea. Although civilian control line had
been proceed northward according to the request
of lightening restrictions for the procedure of
entering and farming facilities in the 1980s, the
number of villages decreased to 105 in the 1990s. |
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| A border by
¡®Border Support Law¡¯ |
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| Besides DMZ and CCZ, there
is another concept, the border by ¡®Border Support
Law¡¯, which is included in the boundary between
South and North Korea. |
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