Panmunjom

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Definitions

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  1. 1
    A tiny, uninhabited hamlet in Korea, in the center of the demilitarized zone, where the North and South Korean governments meet.

    "The Armistice meetings held at Panmunjom from 1951 to 1953 resulted in the cessation of hostilities in the peninsula."

  2. 2
    The Joint Security Area. metonymically

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banmendian

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"These agreements came out of high-level Inter-Korean talks held Tuesday in Panmunjom, the so-called "peace village" straddling the border where the 1953 armistice that ended the fighting in the Korean War was signed."

Etymology

From Korean 판문점(板門店) (Panmunjeom).

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demilitarized zone

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