The tense situation on the Korean peninsula may be the world’s most urgent security challenge. VOA Correspondent Steve Herman visited one of the conflict's most recognized flashpoints: Panmunjom in the Korean demilitarized zone.
ເຂດປອດທະຫານ DMZ ໃນແຫລມເກົາຫລີ ຍັງ ເຄ່ງຕຶງຢູ່ ຫລັງຈາກ 60 ປີ

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U.S. Army Private First Class Brian Dors of of the United Nations Command Security Battalion-Joint Security Area, April 17, 2013. (VOA/S. Herman)

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A roadblock in South Korea at Paju where unauthorized traffic is prohibited from heading into the DMZ, April 17, 2013. (VOA/S. Herman)

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Two South Korean soldiers outside the T1 building which straddles South and North Korea, April 17, 2013. (VOA/S. Herman)

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A hilltop North Korean observation post in the DMZ, April 17, 2013. (VOA/S. Herman)