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Two Koreas to destroy 22 frontline guard posts this month
By Kim Tong-Hyung
The Associated Press
S
EOUL, South Korea — The North
and South Korean militaries have
agreed to completely destroy 22
frontline guard posts by the end of Novem-
ber while discussing their next steps in
implementing a wide-ranging military
agreement signed to reduce tension.
They also agreed to conduct a joint
survey soon of a 43-mile-long waterway
near their western border where civilian
vessels from both countries eventually will
be allowed to pass freely, according to a
statement released after general-level
talks at the border village of Panmunjom.
The plans to remove the guard posts and
jointly use the Han River estuary were
among the commitments spelled out in a
military agreement reached on the
sidelines of a summit between North
Korean leader Kim Jong Un and South
Korean President Moon Jae-in.
The talks came a day after the Koreas
and the U.S.-led U.N. Command com-
pleted removing firearms and troops from
a jointly controlled area at the border
village. The Koreas have also been
clearing mines from frontline areas and
plan to start their first-ever joint search for
remains of soldiers killed during the
1950-1953 Korean War in April.
South Korea confirmed its soldiers had
found war remains in a different frontline
area.
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According to the statement provided by
South Korea’s Defense Ministry, the
Koreas agreed to complete the withdrawal
of personnel, firearms, and equipment and
the destruction of the 11 guard posts from
each side by the end of November. They
plan to jointly verify the results in
December.
In the September agreement, the Koreas
pledged to eventually withdraw all guard
posts
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GUARD POSTS GONE SOON. Buddhist be-
lievers attend the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) World
Peace Meditation Event at Imjingak Pavilion in Paju
near the demilitarized zone of Panmunjom, South
Korea. Thousands of Buddhists believers prayed for
peace and denuclearization on the Korean Peninsula.
The North and South Korean militaries have agreed to
completely destroy 22 frontline guard posts by the end
of November while discussing their next steps in im-
plementing a wide-ranging military agreement signed
to reduce tension. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
Demilitarized Zone between them.
The Koreas did not produce a timetable
yet for setting up a joint military
committee to maintain communication
and avoid crises and accidental clashes,
but agreed it should be established “soon.”
The Koreas also agreed to create buffer
zones along their land and sea boundaries,
as well as a no-fly zone above the border.
Moon has described the military
agreement as an important trust-building
step that will reduce border tension and
create more space for larger U.S.-led
negotiations on denuclearizing North
Korea.
Some experts say South Korea risks
conceding its conventional military
strength before North Korea takes any
concrete steps toward relinquishing its
nuclear weapons.
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