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 monument in the DMZ marking the signing of the Armistice 1,000 meters to the north, April 17, 2013. (VOA/S. Herman)](https://gdb.voanews.com/669d1c7d-7d8f-4af6-b03d-3f53f825491d_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A monument in the DMZ marking the signing of the Armistice 1,000 meters to the north, April 17, 2013. (VOA/S. Herman)
![Bridge of No Return across the Military Demarcation Line (MDL) in the DMZ where prisoners were exchanged at the end of the Korean War, April 17, 2013. (VOA/S. Herman)](https://gdb.voanews.com/396c4d98-e2c6-40ed-bdca-d9dcedd3b9d2_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Bridge of No Return across the Military Demarcation Line (MDL) in the DMZ where prisoners were exchanged at the end of the Korean War, April 17, 2013. (VOA/S. Herman)
![Command Post 2 -- known as the loneliest observation post in the world, Korean DMZ, April 17, 2013. (VOA/S. Herman)](https://gdb.voanews.com/50316d2a-7ac6-4524-8f24-b657838e7d43_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Command Post 2 -- known as the loneliest observation post in the world, Korean DMZ, April 17, 2013. (VOA/S. Herman)