Panmunjom
Description:
The site contains a memorial to the Korean Axe Murder incident or Panmunjom Axe Murder incident which involved two US Army officers, Captain Arthur Bonifas and First Lieutenant Mark Barrett, who were killed by North Korean soldiers on August 18, 1976.
Address:
, , Paju , , , South Korea
Panmunjom, also known as Panmunjeom, now located in Paju, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea or Kaesong, North Hwanghae Province, North Korea, was a village just north of the de facto border between North and South Korea. Its name is often used as a metonym for the nearby Joint Security Area (JSA), in the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), where discussions between North and South Korea still take place in blue buildings that straddle the Military Demarcation Line. The Military Demarcation Line was not enforced in the JSA prior to the Korean Axe Murder incident. The memorial site is located just about 400m west of the ‘House of Peace’ building, near the Bridge of No Return and United Nations Checkpoint (CP3). The location is accessed only by an escort of military personnel.
Source of information: The Historical Marker Database, en.wikipedia.org
Source of photo: www.atlasobscura.com
Map reference (click on pin to see Lat/Long):
37.955951 126.672314
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