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
![A North Korean soldier peering into South Korea in the Joint Security Area, April 17, 2013. (VOA/S. Herman)](https://gdb.voanews.com/7c05c4f2-8d66-4ec0-96c4-2b3d5bea8beb_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A North Korean soldier peering into South Korea in the Joint Security Area, April 17, 2013. (VOA/S. Herman)
![Three South Korean soldiers looking into North Korea, April 17, 2013. (VOA/S. Herman)](https://gdb.voanews.com/1669c782-ac59-4653-897c-1a37c243ba86_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Three South Korean soldiers looking into North Korea, April 17, 2013. (VOA/S. Herman)
![A South Korea soldiers straddles his country and North Korea inside the T2 conference room, April 17, 2013. (VOA/S. Herman)](https://gdb.voanews.com/28b7244b-6c78-4966-9557-08faff56a010_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A South Korea soldiers straddles his country and North Korea inside the T2 conference room, April 17, 2013. (VOA/S. Herman)
![North Korea's Panmungak Building in the Joint Security Area, April 17, 2013. (VOA/S. Herman)](https://gdb.voanews.com/05794272-cc3d-4779-9714-15f7223be539_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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North Korea's Panmungak Building in the Joint Security Area, April 17, 2013. (VOA/S. Herman)