Korean Demilitarized Zone

E115076

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The Korean Demilitarized Zone is a heavily fortified buffer zone separating North and South Korea, symbolizing the ongoing division of the Korean Peninsula since the Korean War armistice.

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All labels observed (10)

Label	Occurrences
Korean Demilitarized Zone canonical	23
Demilitarized Zone	1
Demilitarized Zone between North Korea and South Korea	1
Division of Korea	1
Korean DMZ	1
Korean Military Demarcation Line	1
North Korea side is north of the line	1
North Korea–South Korea border	1
Panmunjom Joint Security Area	1
inter-Korean border	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	buffer zone ⓘ demilitarized zone ⓘ international border ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ
adjacentTo	Kaesong Industrial Region ⓘ surface form: Kaesong Seoul ⓘ
contains	Panmunjom ⓘ
controlledBy	North Korea ⓘ South Korea ⓘ
countryBorderBetween	North Korea ⓘ South Korea ⓘ
createdAsResultOf	Korean War ⓘ
createdBy	Korean Armistice Agreement ⓘ
established	1953 ⓘ
governedBy	Military Armistice Commission ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	DMZ ⓘ Korean Demilitarized Zone ⓘ surface form: Korean DMZ
hasEcosystem	involuntary wildlife sanctuary ⓘ
hasFeature	barbed wire fences ⓘ guard posts ⓘ heavily fortified border ⓘ minefields ⓘ observation posts ⓘ
hasSubregion	Joint Security Area ⓘ
homeTo	endangered species ⓘ
knownFor	ecological preservation ⓘ high military tension ⓘ limited direct crossings ⓘ
length	approximately 250 kilometers ⓘ
locatedIn	East Asia ⓘ
locatedOn	Korean Peninsula ⓘ
near	38th parallel north ⓘ
partOf	Korean Demilitarized Zone self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: inter-Korean border
patrolledBy	Korean People's Army ⓘ Republic of Korea Armed Forces (operationally associated) ⓘ surface form: Republic of Korea Armed Forces United States Forces Korea ⓘ
securityLevel	one of the most heavily militarized borders in the world ⓘ
separates	North Korea ⓘ South Korea ⓘ
status	ceasefire line ⓘ
symbolizes	division of the Korean Peninsula ⓘ ongoing conflict between North Korea and South Korea ⓘ
usedFor	inter-Korean talks ⓘ military negotiations ⓘ
visitedBy	foreign tourists ⓘ heads of state ⓘ
width	approximately 4 kilometers ⓘ

Referenced by (32)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Military Armistice Commission → locatedIn → Korean Demilitarized Zone ⓘ

Military Armistice Commission → relatedConcept → Korean Demilitarized Zone ⓘ

Korean Peninsula → divisionLine → Korean Demilitarized Zone ⓘ

Korean People's Army → borderFocus → Korean Demilitarized Zone ⓘ

Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission → operationalArea → Korean Demilitarized Zone ⓘ

this entity surface form: Demilitarized Zone between North Korea and South Korea

Allied occupation of Korea → followedBy → Korean Demilitarized Zone ⓘ

this entity surface form: Division of Korea

Gangwon Province, North Korea → borders → Korean Demilitarized Zone ⓘ

Joint Security Area → locatedIn → Korean Demilitarized Zone ⓘ

Joint Security Area → locatedOnBorder → Korean Demilitarized Zone ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Korea–South Korea border

Joint Security Area → partOf → Korean Demilitarized Zone ⓘ

Joint Security Area → alsoKnownAs → Korean Demilitarized Zone ⓘ

this entity surface form: Panmunjom Joint Security Area

Joint Security Area conference buildings → locatedIn → Korean Demilitarized Zone ⓘ

MDL → follows → Korean Demilitarized Zone ⓘ