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Panmunjeom is located inside the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), and it is the most forward location in the DMZ that can be visited by civilians. The administrative address is Gyeonggi-do Paju-si Jinseo-myeon Neolmun-ri (for the South Korean portion), and Gaeseong-jikhalsi Panmun-joon Panmunjeom-ri (for the North Korean side).
Although Panmunjeom is the common name of the area, the official name of the negotiating site is the Joint Security Area (JSA).
Panmunjeom is located in the western portion of the 155-mile long DMZ on the Military Demarcation Line (MDU) and it demonstrates the great sorrow of the divided country.
Panmunjeom is located 62 kilometers northwest of Seoul, the capital of South Korea, and 215 kilometers south of Pyeongyang, the capital of North Korea, 10 kilometers from Gaeseong.
The name Panmunjeom can be traced back to the time of the original armistice negotiations between the UNC and the Communist forces.
The actual site of the "truce tent" negotiations is located about 1 kilometer north of the JSA.
On that location today is a North Korean army museum, which can be observed from the UNC Guard Post 3 in the JSA. The museum was originally built for the signing of the Korea Armistice Agreement that occurred on 27 July 1953.
Before the armistice negotiations, there were only four thatch-roofed huts, including an inn, in the Panmunjeom area. The inn was a resting stop for people who traveled between Seoul and Sinuiju.
Previously, the name of this town was "Neolmun-li", which means "wooden gate" in the pure Korean language. The story behind that name is very interesting.
Many years ago, the King of Korea visited this and wanted to cross the river, but there was no bridge.
Thus these good people in town removed their wooden house gates and made a bridge that enabled the king to continue on his way.
It was only when the armistice negotiations moved to this location form Gaesong that the place was called "Panmunjeom".
This was done out of courtesy for the representatives from the Communist Chinese Army. Three Chinese characters were written on the signboard of the Inn: "Pan" means wood board in Sino-Korean; "Mun" means gate or door; and "Jeom" means store, was added to denote the only inn in the area.
On 27 July 1953, the Armistice Agreement was finally signed, after 2 years and 18 days and 1,076 arduous meetings between the UNC and the Communist (North Korean and Chinese) representatives.
In accordance with the Armistice Agreement, a "Joint Security Area" was built at Panmunjeom that was officially under the joint control of the UNC and North Korean militaries and the only area, which is out of the district boundaries of North and South.