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| Major Gen. Kim Do-gyun of South Korea, right, and his North Korean counterpart Lt. Gen. An Ik-san shake hands ahead of a general-level military meeting at Tongilgak, the North's side of the truce village of Panmunjeom inside the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), Friday. / Joint Press Corps |
Koreas agree to stop all hostile activities along the border from Nov. 1
By Kim Yoo-chul, Joint Press Corps
PANMUNJEOM/SEOUL _ The two Koreas agreed late Friday to completely demolish 22 front-line guard posts (GPs) by the end of November within the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) separating Seoul and Pyongyang, following a broad-reaching military agreement at President Moon Jae-in's summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un last month to reduce tensions.
Military generals of both sides held talks Friday at Tongilgak in the North's side of the truce village of Panmunjeom inside the DMZ. After, they released a joint statement saying they agreed to create a joint military committee to explore further measures to disarm and cut back military threats against each other. The two Koreas, however, failed to produce a detailed timetable for when the committee will be launched.
Starting Nov. 1, all hostilities and accidental clashes will be banned on both sides, according to the statement. North Korea would close the gates for its concrete bunkers and military tunnels.
"At the talks, the two sides decided to create a 10-member joint survey team early next month as a measure to guarantee the safe sailing of civilian and non-military vessels passing through the Imjin River estuary along the 70-kilometer-long waterway separating both countries," the statement said, adding that the when and how will be fixed through additional working-level talks.
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