The border between the two Koreas (2024)

Milhaud 2024-09-15
The border between the two Koreas (2024)

This map, created by FairPolitics for the website Deciphering the War in 2024, shows the border between North Korea and South Korea.

Following Korea's liberation during the Second World War, Korea was divided into two states, one aligned with the Soviet Union, North Korea, and the other aligned with the United States, South Korea. The tension led to the Korean War (1950–1953), after which an armistice was signed, but not a peace treaty.

The map shows some conflicts and details of the border in recent years, such as the Kaesong industrial zone, which operated between 2002 and 2016, and the Kŭmgangsan tourist zone, which admitted foreigners to North Korea between 2002 and 2024.

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