This week, U.S. soldier Travis King crossed the Demilitarized Zone, or DMZ, which separates South Korea and North Korea. He is believed to be in the custody of North Korean forces.

The cross-border sites—first opened in 2004 and 2005, respectively—were once targeted for modern train lines to further economic integration before the collapse of the 2018 agreement.

A North Korean man crossed the DMZ on foot before midnight Thursday, asking South Korean troops for help in a rare defection ...

On a recent hot afternoon, 80 people gathered at a pier near the western sea border along the DMZ. They watched an artist dance with a flag that featured a unified Korean Peninsula.

A U.S. Air Force reconnaissance plane has swept the North Korean border for the second time in a week. ... Map Shows US Spy Flight Along Korean DMZ. Published May 24, 2024 at 5:06 AM EDT. By .

Work on the trenches appears to have begun shortly after North Korea staged choreographed demolitions of a road near Kaesong, a western North Korean border city, and a combined road and rail ...

South Korean troops fired warning shots at the Demilitarized Zone on Tuesday after 10 North Korean soldiers — some carrying weapons — were spotted crossing the border.

The DMZ was established after the 1950-1953 Korean War, which ended in an armistice rather than a peace treaty, and despite its name, is highly fortified with razor wire and minefields on either ...

North Korean soldiers briefly crossed the border on Tuesday morning and were sent back by warning shots, the South's Joint Chiefs of Staff said, adding that landmine explosions have caused ...

Public tours were halted on July 18, 2023, after Army Pvt. Travis King crossed the Military Demarcation Line — the actual border between the two Koreas — and entered the North.