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
![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)](https://gdb.voanews.com/51b9aa50-ccf6-43ac-979f-7c61a9545345_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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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)
![A roadblock in South Korea at Paju where unauthorized traffic is prohibited from heading into the DMZ, April 17, 2013. (VOA/S. Herman)](https://gdb.voanews.com/02548cc8-9d64-4f06-ac48-e1b381da0cb3_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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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)
![Two South Korean soldiers outside the T1 building which straddles South and North Korea, April 17, 2013. (VOA/S. Herman)](https://gdb.voanews.com/e6c5322e-9e82-43c8-bf0e-65f067b2759d_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Two South Korean soldiers outside the T1 building which straddles South and North Korea, April 17, 2013. (VOA/S. Herman)
![A hilltop North Korean observation post in the DMZ, April 17, 2013. (VOA/S. Herman)](https://gdb.voanews.com/9ecd8188-10cd-406e-a72a-c8ad911ef655_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A hilltop North Korean observation post in the DMZ, April 17, 2013. (VOA/S. Herman)