DMZ

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buffer zone demilitarized zone international border

DMZ is the heavily fortified buffer zone separating North and South Korea, established after the Korean War to reduce military tensions between the two countries.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Korean Demilitarized Zone	0
Safe Demilitarized Border Zone	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	buffer zone ⓘ demilitarized zone ⓘ international border ⓘ
borderRegionOf	Gangwon Province NERFINISHED ⓘ Gyeonggi Province NERFINISHED ⓘ Kangwon Province NERFINISHED ⓘ North Hwanghae Province NERFINISHED ⓘ Ryanggang Province NERFINISHED ⓘ South Hamgyong Province NERFINISHED ⓘ South Hwanghae Province NERFINISHED ⓘ
containsCheckpoint	Panmunjom NERFINISHED ⓘ
controlledBy	North Korea NERFINISHED ⓘ South Korea NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryBorderBetween	North Korea NERFINISHED ⓘ South Korea NERFINISHED ⓘ
crossedBy	Military Demarcation Line NERFINISHED ⓘ
crossingPoint	Dora Observatory NERFINISHED ⓘ Dorasan Station NERFINISHED ⓘ
establishedAfter	Korean War NERFINISHED ⓘ
establishedBy	Korean Armistice Agreement NERFINISHED ⓘ
establishedYear	1953 ⓘ
governedByAgreement	Korean Armistice Agreement NERFINISHED ⓘ
habitatFor	endangered species ⓘ
hasEcologicalStatus	de facto nature reserve ⓘ
hasFeature	barbed wire fences ⓘ guard posts ⓘ land mines ⓘ observation towers ⓘ
hasSubregion	Joint Security Area NERFINISHED ⓘ
isOneOf	most heavily fortified borders in the world ⓘ
languageUsed	English ⓘ Korean ⓘ
length	about 250 kilometers ⓘ
locatedInContinent	Asia ⓘ
locatedOnPeninsula	Korean Peninsula NERFINISHED ⓘ
monitoredBy	United Nations Command NERFINISHED ⓘ
nearCity	Pyongyang NERFINISHED ⓘ Seoul NERFINISHED ⓘ
notStatus	formal peace treaty ⓘ
purpose	reduce military tensions between North Korea and South Korea ⓘ serve as buffer zone between North Korea and South Korea ⓘ
shortName	DMZ NERFINISHED ⓘ
status	ceasefire line ⓘ
symbolOf	Cold War tensions ⓘ division of Korea ⓘ
tourism	military tourism destination ⓘ
visitedBy	foreign tourists ⓘ heads of state ⓘ
width	about 4 kilometers ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Korean Demilitarized Zone → hasAlternativeName → DMZ ⓘ

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II (2022) → includesMode → DMZ ⓘ

Sudan–South Sudan relations → securityMechanism → DMZ ⓘ

this entity surface form: Safe Demilitarized Border Zone