The curator of the Korean Demilitarised Zone's (DMZ) museum on Monday said he hopes North and South Korea will reunite peacefully one day.

Noh Yeonsoo spoke as the Koreas are embracing a rare, Olympics-inspired reconciliation mood, after a year of heightened animosities over North Korea's advancing nuclear and missile programmes.

The countries agreed to form a single women's hockey team and have their athletes to parade together in the opening ceremony on February 9th.

The North also plans to send a 230-member cheering group and a 140-person art troupe to the South during the games.

The DMZ is a strip of land running across the Korean Peninsula, created during the Cold War.

It was established by the provisions of the Korean Armistice Agreement, signed in 1953 at the end of the Korean War, to serve as a buffer zone between the recently-created Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) and the Republic of Korea (South Korea).

It roughly divides the Korean peninsula in half, is 250 kilometres (160 miles) long, and about 4 kilometres (2.5 miles) wide.

Armed forces and civilians are prohibited to enter the DMZ.

The zone stretches 2 km (1.2 miles) each way south and north from a ceasefire line but beyond that strip the border is one of the most heavily militarised in the world.

The Goseong Unification Observatory is located next to the Civilian Control Line, which designates an additional buffer zone to the DMZ within a distance of 5 to 20km (3 to 12 miles) from the Southern Limit Line of the DMZ.

Its purpose is to limit and control the entrance of civilians into the area in order to protect and maintain the security of military facilities and operations near the DMZ.

For 40 years, the DMZ has been strictly off-limits, leading to a formation of an unplanned nature reserve.  

This has become one of the most well-preserved areas of temperate habitat in the world.

Goseong – 5 February 2018

1. Goseong Unification Observatory

2. Drummer playing outside the observatory

3. Viewing theatre inside the observatory

4. Tour guide pointing to key areas of the Demilitarised Zone (DMZ) on large photo banner and Civilian Control Line visible from the observatory

5. Viewing telescopes pointing out towards North Korea

6. Pan from viewing telescopes on outdoor balcony to East Sea coastline stretching from South to North Korea

7. Barbed wire fences of the Civilian Control Line protecting the now-disused Donghae Bukbu Rail Line and road connecting the two countries

8. Beach, DMZ and the Geumgangsan Mountain range in the distance

9. East Sea seen behind a viewing telescope

10. Pan across line of viewing telescopes

11. Barbed wire security fences and military watch posts in the Civilian Control Line

12. Donghae Bukbu Rail Line and road overlooked by a military watchtower

13. Statue of Buddha in a peace park next to the observatory

14. Pan from the peace park to DMZ area

15. Tourists taking photographs on a viewing point overlooking the DMZ area

16. Tracking shot along viewing point then looking out to the DMZ area

17. Pan from observatory tower to wide of coastline

18. DMZ Museum exterior

19. Tilt down to mock-up of DMZ security fencing inside the museum

20. Zoom in to DMZ warning sign inside the museum

21. Various of artefacts inside the museum including military helmets and bullets used during the Korean War

22. Various of a room made up of photographs of the victims of the Korean war

23. Pull out from DMZ Museum curator Noh Yeonsoo talking to a tour group

24. SOUNDBITE: (Korean) Noh Yeonsoo, DMZ Museum curator:

(++answering question on whether the unified Korean team at the Winter Olympics could lead to a lasting peace between North and South Korea++)

++ROUGH TRANSLATION++

"I hope we can one day make a peaceful reunification and through these Winter Olympics we can create a good mood between North and South Korea."

25. Tree covered with peace messages written by the museum visitors

26. Visitor attaches peace message to tree

27. Written messages hanging off the tree

28. Noh Yeonsoo doing TV interview in front of peace messages

29. SOUNDBITE: (Korean) Noh Yeonsoo, DMZ Museum curator:

(++answering question on whether locals are afraid of the nuclear threat coming from North Korea++)

++ROUGH TRANSLATION++

"I'm not afraid of anything because I look at North Korea every day from here, every morning. So, I would like the country to unify so I can go there by foot or by train, because we would be one country. I would like to go there and get along with the North Korean people."

30. Statue of a soldier inside the museum

31. Tilt down onto a shell from a North Korean missile in a display cabinet

32. Mock-up in museum of abandoned buildings in Cheonwon, a North Korean town destroyed during the Korean war and left abandoned by the subsequent dividing of the country

33. Pan of a display showing how the DMZ has now become a nature reserve

34. SOUNDBITE: (Korean) Noh Yeonsoo, DMZ Museum curator:

(++answering question on whether Olympic athletes and spectators should come to the museum to get a better perspective on the divide between North and South Korea++)

++ROUGH TRANSLATION++

"I welcome the athletes to come here and learn about the history. I don't want to lie and tell them that North Korea isn't terrifying, in fact they are terrified. And there is still a dangerous atmosphere between North and South Korea. But I want to explain to them the reality of what is happening now in South Korea and tell them the facts. But I don't want to make the relationship get worse (between the two countries)."

35. Disused lights and speakers used (mainly until 2004) to broadcast propaganda, including K-Pop, towards North Korea across the DMZ

36. Pan from "DMZ Museum" flags to "PyeongChang 2018" flags with the disused lighting rig and loud speakers in the background

South Korean Defence Minister Song Young-moo said on Monday "it is a violation for North Korea to shoot someone who is trying to defect".

He was speaking on a visit to the Joint Security Area (JSA) of the Korean Demilitarised Zone.

Song said Pyongyang violated the armistice agreement - signed between North and South Korea in 1953 - with the recent shooting of a North Korean soldier who defected to the South over the Military Demarcation Line (MDL) two weeks ago.

Four North Korean soldiers fired about 40 rounds at the soldier and hit him five times. It was the first shooting at the jointly controlled area of the heavily fortified border in more than 30 years, according to the South's military.

Panmunjom - 27 November 2017

1. South Korean Defence minister Song Young-moo (wearing non-military uniform) walking alongside US and Korean soldiers in Joint Security Area (JSA) of the Korea Demilitarised Zone (DMZ)

2. Various of Song, soldiers, government officials and reporters touring DMZ

3. Close of Song and soldiers

4. Two North Korean military officials looking on, one holding binoculars

5. Song, soldiers and government officials

6. Two North Korean military officials, one looking through binoculars, seen in distance past heads of South Korean officials

7. Song, soldiers, government officials and reporters in DMZ

8. Close of US soldier pointing at tree

9. Three North Korean military officials walking

10. North Korean soldier looking through binoculars

11. Wide of Song, soldiers, and government officials

12. Close of Song nodding

13. SOUNDBITE (Korean) Song Young-moo, South Korean Defence Minister:

"It is a violation for North Korea to shoot someone who is trying to defect to South (Korea). It is a violation for North Korea to cross the Military Demarcation Line (MDL). It is a violation for North Korean to possess automatic rifles. I am here today to remind North Korea of those matters through the media."

14. Three North Korean military officials walking away

15. Wide of Song, soldiers, government officials and reporters

16. Tilt down on JSA

17. Various of bullet holes in wall

18. Various of JSA grounds

19. Three North Korean military officials

20. Wide of JSA site

21. Sign reading (Korean) "Panmungak

22. Pan of buildings at JSA

The South Korean government held a tour Friday of a recently opened trail in the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) between the North and South.

The government opened trails to the public in multiple areas inside the DMZ in late April, marking first the anniversary of the inter-Korean summit between President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

Access to the route, know as the Peace Trail, had been restricted to the public for decades.

During the hike along the coast, tourists can see North Korea's scenic Mount Kumgang.

Nam Yun-ho was moved while walking the Peace Trail. He was hopeful that inter-Korean relations will improve and that travel between the North and South will one day be possible.

Dozens of South Korean citizens participated in Friday's tour.

Goseong – 14 June 2019

1. Wide of DMZ Peace Trail

2. Various of tourists walking along the trail

3. Various of barbed wire fence

4. SOUNDBITE (Korean) Nam Yun-ho, tourist:

"Although it is a short distance, I feel touched as I walk along the trail. The inter-Korean relations were getting better but now they are stalled again. I hope that the relations become reinvigorated so that we get to travel between the two countries freely."

5. Signboard showing a map of the peace trail course

6. Various of map

7. Soldier opening gate

8. Various of tourists

9. Wooden sign that reads (Korean): "DMZ Peace Trail"

10. Various of guide speaking to tourists

11. Various of trail

12. Various of mine warning sign

13. Tourist taking photo next to a stone that reads (Korean): "Northernmost End of Truce Line"

14. Close of sign that reads (Korean): "Pyongyang, 230km"

15. Various of soldiers

16. Wide pan of North Korean side over border

17. Various of North Korean post

18. Various of trail

South Korean negotiators on Tuesday made their way back across the DMZ (Demilitarised Zone) between the two Koreas, following rare talks with their North Korean counterparts.

The two rivals took steps toward reducing their bitter animosity in the talks, with North Korea agreeing to send a delegation to next month's Winter Olympics in South Korea and reopen a military hotline.

The meeting, the first of its kind in about two years, was arranged after North Korean leader Kim Jong Un made an abrupt push for improved ties with South Korea following a year of elevated tensions with the outside world over his expanding nuclear and missile programmes.

The meeting's venue, Panmunjom, is the only place on the tense border where North and South Korean soldiers are just metres (feet) away from each other.

++CLIENTS NOTE: PLEASE NOTE THIS VIDEO REPLACES DMZ KOREAS TALKS 4++

Paju - 9 January 2018

++NIGHT SHOTS++

1. Various of the motorcade carrying the South Korean delegation crossing the Tongil Bridge near Panmunjom following their first formal dialogue with the North in more than two years

The South Korean military on Thursday let the media witness the demolition of a guard post in the demilitarised zone (DMZ) near the border with North Korea.

In the recent military agreement reached during the inter-Korean summit in Pyongyang, the two Koreas agreed to remove 10 guard posts in the demilitarised zone.

Cheorwon – 15 November 2018

1. Guard post exploding

2. Various of smoke rising from guard post

3. Various of workers removing guard post

4. Mid of soldier

5. Various of workers removing guard post

6. Various of rubble and demolished guard post

7. Tilt down of barbed wire

8. Wide of soldiers

9. Close of soldier

10. Pan from soldiers to demolished guard post

US President Donald Trump said Sunday the US and North Korea are in the "final stage of working out" the surprise quick meeting between Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at the demilitarized zone of the Korean border.

Trump made the remark in an expanded meeting with South Korean President Moon Jae-in and officials of the two countries.

Trump and Moon have since confirmed that Trump will meet Kim at the border later on Sunday.

Trump arrived in South Korea on Saturday for a two-day visit, following his trip to Osaka for the G20 Summit.

The two leaders will hold a joint news conference following the luncheon, and Trump is scheduled to visit the demilitarized zone near the border after leaving the presidential office.

Seoul – 30 June 2019  

1. South Korean President Moon Jae-in arriving at expanded meeting

2. US President Donald Trump arriving at expanded meeting

3. Various of meeting

4. SOUNDBITE (English) Donald Trump, US President:

"I've been told that Kim Jong Un would like to meet and it looks like they're in the final stages of working out, just a very quick meeting. Because we are at the DMZ anyway at the border, we are at the DMZ. And I look forward to say hello if that all finally works out. I guess there is always a chance that it might work out, but it sounds like the teams  would like it to work out, so that's good."

5. Various of meeting

US President Donald Trump said Sunday the US and North Korea are in the "final stage of working out" the surprise quick meeting between Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at the demilitarized zone of the Korean border.

Trump made the remark in an expanded meeting with South Korean President Moon Jae-in and officials of the two countries.

Trump and Moon have since confirmed that Trump will meet Kim at the border later on Sunday.

Trump arrived in South Korea on Saturday for a two-day visit, following his trip to Osaka for the G20 Summit.

The two leaders will hold a joint news conference following the luncheon, and Trump is scheduled to visit the demilitarized zone near the border after leaving the presidential office.

Seoul – 30 June 2019  

1. South Korean President Moon Jae-in arriving at expanded meeting

2. US President Donald Trump arriving at expanded meeting

3. Various of meeting

4. SOUNDBITE (English) Donald Trump, US President:

"I've been told that Kim Jong Un would like to meet and it looks like they're in the final stages of working out, just a very quick meeting. Because we are at the DMZ anyway at the border, we are at the DMZ. And I look forward to say hello if that all finally works out. I guess there is always a chance that it might work out, but it sounds like the teams  would like it to work out, so that's good."

5. Various of meeting

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson visited the Joint Security Area and Demilitarised Zone (DMZ) of the Korean Peninsula on Friday.

Tillerson, who is on a two-day visit to South Korea as part of his Asia tour, arrived at Osan Air Base earlier on Friday and went straight to the DMZ accompanied by General Vincent Brooks, commander of US Forces Korea.

During his two-day stay, the Secretary of State will also meet with Prime Minister and acting leader Hwang Kyo-ahn and Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se.

Seoul is the second stop for Tillerson after Japan on his first Asia tour as US Secretary of State.

Panmunjom - 17 March 2017

1. US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson arriving

2. Various of Tillerson posing for photographs

3. North Korean soldier taking picture

4. Tillerson walking towards the Military Demarcation Line

5. Mid of Tillerson surrounded by US soldiers

6. Pan right from North Korean soldier taking picture of Tillerson to Tillerson

7. Tillerson posing photograph in front of Military Demarcation Line

8. Close of Tillerson talking to General Vincent Brooks, commander of US Forces Korea

9. North Korean soldiers watching

10. Close of Tillerson

11. Wide of Tillerson

12. Mid of Tillerson

13. Various of North Korea's visitors centre, foreign tourists watching

14. North Korean soldiers

15. South Korean soldiers in foreground and North Korean soldiers in background

16. Wide of Panmunjom

South Korea's military said Thursday it is investigating a North Korean soldier who was found crossing the inter-Korean border via river Wednesday night and has expressed a desire to defect to the South.

Seoul's Joint Chiefs of Staff spokesperson Kim Jun-rak didn't provide further details.

North Korea is extremely sensitive about high-profile defections.

Seoul – 1 August 2019  

1. Wide of South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff spokesman Kim Jun-rak

2. SOUNDBITE (Korean) Kim Jun-rak, South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff spokesperson:

"Personnel secured within the Central Front DMZ (demilitarized zone) have been identified as an active-duty soldier. Since we are currently in the process of identifying and processing his personal information, we will explain the details separately."

3. Wide of news briefing

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Friday visited the world's most heavily armed border, greeting U.S. soldiers on guard near the tense buffer zone between rivals North and South Korea.

Tillerson touched down by helicopter at Camp Bonifas, a U.S. base about 400 meters (438 yards) from the Demilitarized Zone, a Cold War vestige created after the Korean War ended in 1953. He planned to then move to the truce village of Panmunjom inside the DMZ, a cluster of blue huts where the Korean War armistice was signed.

Tillerson is the latest in a parade of senior U.S. officials to have their photos taken at the border. But it's the first trip by the new Trump administration's senior diplomat as he makes a tour of Japan, South Korea and China.

Panmunjom - 17 March, 2017

1. Tillerson posing photograph in front of Military Demarcation Line

2. Close of Tillerson talking to General Vincent Brooks, commander of US Forces Korea

3. North Korean soldiers watching

4 . Close of Tillerson

5 . Wide of Tillerson

6. Mid of Tillerson

7. Various of North Korea's visitors centre, foreign tourists watching

8. North Korean soldiers

Amid tensions between the United States and North Korea, there was no special movement observed from the North Korean side of the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) on Thursday.

Panmunjom is where an armistice was signed to pause the 1950-53 Korean War, with North Korea and China on one side and the American-led UN Command on the other.

No civilians live there, and a cluster of blue huts form a Joint Security Area overseen by North Korea and the UN Command.

It's located in the 248-kilometre (154-mile)-long Demilitarized Zone that forms the de facto Korean border.

The DMZ is guarded on both sides by hundreds of thousands of combat-ready troops, razor-wire fences and tank traps.

More than a million mines are believed to be buried inside it.

Today also marks the South Korea's 69th Armed Forces Day and South Korean president Moon Jae-in said that South Korea's aim has not changed in making Korean peninsula denuclearised.

Panmunjom – 28 September 2017

1. Wide of Panmunjom JSA (Joint Security Area)

2. North Korean soldier

3. Wide of JSA, placard reading (Korean) "Panmungak"

4. North Korean soldier

5. Wide of Panmunjom

6. Shift focus from JSA soldier to North Korean Soldier

7. South Korean JSA soldiers

8. North Korean soldier

9. Tilt up from South Korean soldier to North Korean soldier

10. Wide of Kijong-dong village (also called Peace village)

11. North Korean flag

12. Wide of Kijong-dong village

13. North Korean tower reading (Korean) "Our respected leaders Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il will always be with us"

14. Houses in Kijong-dong village

15. North Korean guard post

16. Various of "Bridge of No Return"

17. North Korean soldier with telescope

18. North Koran flag

19. Pan of Kijong-dong village

South Korean authorities have invited journalists to the venue of the upcoming inter-Korean summit talks in the border village of Panmunjom.

Journalists were invited for a tour of various places along the Demilitarised Zone (DMZ) on Wednesday including the Joint Security Area (JSA) and Peace House.

The building located on the South Korean side of Panmunjom is set to be the site of a historic meeting between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in later this month.

The 2018 inter-Korean summit is scheduled to take place on 27 April.

Panmunjom - 18 April 2018

1. Exterior of Peace House seen from South Korean side

2. Inscription on stone reading (Korean) "Peace House"

3. Various of building under construction

4. Windows

5. Exterior of building

6. Various of soldier

7. Exterior of building

8. Wide of Joint Security Area (JSA)

9. North Korean soldier standing guard

10. Close of gun

11. Sign above door reading (Korean) "Panmungak"

12. Soldiers guarding JSA

South Korean delegates passed Tongil Bridge on Wednesday at Panmunjom on their way to negotiations with the North Korean delegation.

Panmunjom - 16 January 2018

1. South Korean delegates passing Tongil Bridge

A South Korean delegation on Monday crossed the Unification Bridge en route to the border village of Panmunjom, where talks will be held with North Korea on its art troupe's participation in next month's Winter Olympics.

Paju - 15 January 2018

1. Various of bus transporting South Korean delegation crossing Unification Bridge en route to Panmunjom

RESTRICTION SUMMARY: NO ACCESS SOUTH KOREA

SHOTLIST:

HOST BROADCAST - NO ACCESS SOUTH KOREA

Panmunjom – 27 April 2018

1. South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un shaking hands

2. SOUNDBITE (Korean) Kim Jong Un, North Korean leader:

"There are a lot of people hoping (for the best result). I am worried we will disappoint them if we do not follow up on any good agreements and announcements from the past meetings, and also if we do not make this meeting the opportunity to improve our relationship. Therefore I want to say that we should be more determined so we can look back at the lost 10 years and say it was not wasted. I hope we can meet frequently to solve problems between the two."

++BLACK FRAMES++

4. SOUNDBITE (Korean) Moon Jae-in, South Korean President:

"I hope we can have a conversation with big results in mind and reach an agreement, so we can give our citizens and everyone around the world, who hope for peace, a big gift."

++BLACK FRAMES++

6. Wide of summit

STORYLINE:

South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un held the first North-South Korea summit in more than a decade on Friday.

Kim said he's ready for "heartfelt, sincere and honest" talks with Moon on pending issues and that the Koreas must not repeat the past where they were "unable to fulfill our agreements."

Kim said he was worried they would disppoint people "if we do not follow up on any good agreements and announcements from the past meetings."

He added that he hoped the two could "meet frequently" to resolve issues.

Kim did not make any direct mention of the North Korean nuclear issue in the part of his talks with Moon that were shown on live television.

Moon in response there were high expectations surrounding the inter-Korean summit and that they produce an agreement that would please the people of Koreas and also "everyone around the world, who hope for peace."

Kim gave his younger sister Kim Yo Jong a place at the negotiating table.

She was in Kim's delegation as he walked across the line that divides the two Koreas on Friday morning and took a seat beside him as the first round of talks started.

The only other North Korean official present was former intelligence chief Kim Yong Chol, the top official in charge of relations with the South.

Kim Yo Jong has emerged as the most visible member of Kim Jong Un's regime after her brother - since she became the first member of the ruling North Korean family to travel to the South in early February for the Olympics.

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US President Donald Trump addressed members of the US military on Sunday at an American air base in Osan, just south of Seoul, South Korea, before ending his Asia trip and returning to Washington.

Trump recounted the moment when he stepped across the border at the demilitarised zone into North Korea and became the first sitting US president to do so.

He said he and North Korea's Kim Jong Un "had a very productive meeting".

He also said he tried to sell Kim on the prosperity he believes awaits North Korea if it gives up its nuclear programme.

During his remarks to the service members, Trump called up to the stage US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and, Ivanka Trump, the president's daughter and a top White House advisor.

He jokingly called them "beauty and the beast."

Osan, Pyeongtaek - 30 June 2019

1. Helicopter carrying US President Donald Trump arriving at base

2. Trump stepping out from helicopter

3. Wide of Trump walking on stage

4. SOUNDBITE (English) Donald Trump, US President:

"The reason I met with (North Korea leader) Kim Jong Un. And we had a great meeting because we're all in this together and we want to get this thing solved. It's been going on for a long time. And we had a great meeting and it was unexpected. I put out yesterday maybe I'll meet with Chairman Kim and he saw it on social media. Pretty powerful thing, social media. And we just laughed and I said, 'You know? This was unexpected and we're going to keep a lot of thousands of great military people waiting.' But that's what you do. You love your country and it was a good thing to do." (applause)

5. Wide of Trump at podium

6. SOUNDBITE (English) Donald Trump, US President:

"As you know (South Korea's) President Moon (Jae-in) , in fact he just called me again. He's so happy, he is so thrilled. And we met at the DMZ (Korean Demilitarised Zone). It was something incredible - I got to see the DMZ. I got to see a lot of your fighting comrades.  And we talked them. In fact, I gave one little speech to a group of guys. I gave another little speech to a group. Then I met with Chairman Kim. Then I came out that I met with President Moon and I gave another speech to a group of guys. Now I'm giving this speech a big group of people (applause). But it is really very... we had a very productive meeting. I outlined the incredible prosperity that awaits North Korea when this whole thing gets settled. They've been talking about this for a long time. But that's a country with tremendous potential and I've had a good relationship with that with Chairman Kim. You know that you see what's happening. It's been a lot different. They were giving us a great briefing right at the DMZ and they said it was so different before we had the meeting, the big summit in Singapore it was different. It was really hostile. You understand it better than, it was really hostile. And since our first meeting in Singapore we got along, we got along we had a great kind of feeling. "

7. Wide of Trump on stage, zoom in to US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Trump's daughter, Ivanka, coming on stage, UPSOUND (Trump) "What a beautiful couple, Mike,  beauty and the beast!"

8. SOUNDBITE (English) Donald Trump, US President:

"I actually stepped in with Chairman Kim, I stepped in to North Korea and they say (applause) that's a very historic moment. I think it is a historic moment and a very good moment. And he asked me, 'Would you like to do that?'  And I said, 'It would be my honour'. And we did and we went over the line and joked around and everybody was so happy. And many people I noticed from Korea were literally in tears crying, crying. This is a big thing, it's a big thing."

9. Trump waving to US military troops

Hundreds of people gathered in central Seoul on Saturday to either welcome or protest US President Donald Trump's visit to South Korea.

Anti-Trump protesters waved banners and posters, and chanted that Trump was unwelcome in South Korea.

Meanwhile pro-Trump protesters marched around central Seoul to call for a stronger US-South Korea alliance.

With regards to a possible meeting at the demilitarised zone between Trump and North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un, people on both sides were unsure.

Anti-Trump demonstrator Han Kyeong-jun said although he hoped Trump and Kim meet, if Washington continued its anti-North sanctions then peace on the Korean Peninsula would be difficult to achieve.

Park Taewoo, a pro-Trump protester, said he doubted whether a meeting between the leaders would benefit South Korea and its "security interests".

Seoul - 29 June 2019  

1. Wide of protesters demonstrating against US President Donald Trump

2. Signs with caricatures of Trump

3. Anti-Trump protesters singing and punching air

4. Tilt up of anti-Trump protester with sign reading (English) "No Trump"

5. Banner reading (Korean and English) "Stop arms sales, stop sanction against N (North) Korea, no touch S (South) Korea, no threats to peace"

6. Wide of anti-Trump protesters

7. Anti-Trump protesters holding signs reading (English) "No Trump"

8. SOUNDBITE (Korean) Han Kyeong-jun, anti-Trump protester:

"(US) President (Donald) Trump said he hopes to meet (North Korean Leader) Chairman Kim Jong Un at the DMZ (demilitarised zone). (North Korean) Vice Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui also responded that the North is always open for meetings with the US. We are here today in hope that the peace establishes on the Korean Peninsula, and in doing so, it is very important that the leaders of the two countries (US and North Korea) meet. However, as the US has been doing so far, if it pushes for unilateral dialogue and maintains anti-North Korea sanctions, then I think it will be difficult to achieve."

9. Pro-Trump protesters marching past banner reading (English) "Our Republican Party welcomes US President Donald Trump"

10. Close of Trump's picture on banner

11. Pro-Trump protesters marching and waving US and South Korean flags

12. Pro-Trump protester marching with sign reading (English) "Stronger and greater, US-ROK (Republic of Korea) alliance"

13. SOUNDBITE (Korean) Park Taewoo, pro-U.S. protester:

"President Trump is ahead of the presidential election next year, so he might be trying to show that he is doing well on the Korean Peninsula issues. However, in terms of South Korea's security interest, we are facing a different issue. (Trump meeting Kim Jong Un at the DMZ) will be interesting news for South Korean people, but we should think about if such visit will benefit South Korea for its security interests."

14. Pro-Trump protester marching with sign reading (English) "Stronger & greater, US-ROK (Republic of Korea) alliance"

15. Various of pro-Trump protesters marching with banners and flags

Panmunjom, the border area between South and North Korea, was opened to the media on Friday, a day after the rival nations agreed to hold their third summit in a year later this month.

There was no North Korean presence at the Joint Security Area (JSA), where tourists frequently visit with hopes of seeing North Korean soldiers.

Panmunjom is where an armistice was signed to pause the 1950-53 Korean War, and it was also the venue for the historic summit between South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un earlier this year.

It's located in the 248-kilometre (154-mile) -long Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) that forms the de facto Korean border.

The DMZ is guarded on both sides by hundreds of thousands of combat-ready troops, razor-wire fences and tank traps.

More than a million mines are believed to be buried inside it.

Panmunjom – 7 September 2018

1. Various of Joint Security Area (JSA), inside Panmunjom, the border area between South and North Korea

2. Various of patrol officers at Panmunjom

3. Wide of soldiers standing guard around a tree, which was planted by South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during the summit on April 27

4. Close of memorial stone, which says (Korean) "We planted peace and prosperity, Moon Jae-in, Kim Jong Un"

5. Wide of the tree and memorial stone

6. Various of the bridge where Moon and Kim walked together on April 27

7. Various of soldiers

A South Korean delegation crossed the Unification Bridge in Paju heading towards to the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) on Thursday.

The delegation was led by Unification Minister Cho Myoung-gyon, and was heading to a meeting with North Korea at Panmunjom in the DMZ.

The high-level talks were expected to focus on an upcoming inter-Korean summit slated for late April.

Cho earlier said that "denuclearisation on the Korean Peninsula" would also be the focus of the talks with the North Koreans.

Paju - 29 March 2018

1. Various of motorcade carrying South Korean delegation crossing Unification Bridge

South Koreans on Sunday had mixed reactions to a surprise meeting between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at the demilitarised zone at the Korean borders.

Min Jung-won, a 26-year-old graduate student, viewed the North Korea-US meeting as an opportunity for the Korean Peninsula to move closer to achieving peace and reunification.

On the other hand, 65-year-old business owner Choi Young-chul expressed a rather sceptical view, saying that both Trump and South Korean President Moon Jae-in were trying to take advantage of the meeting at DMZ for their own political interests.

Trump and Kim held a quick meeting at the border village Panmunjom earlier the day.

Trump crossed the military demarcation line at Panmunjom and briefly stepped into the North Korean side of the Joint Security Area.

Seoul – 30 June 2019  

1. Various of South Koreans watching footage of US President Donald Trump meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, on a TV screen at Seoul Train Station

2. SOUNDBITE (Korean) Min Jung-won, 26, graduate student:

"I hope that the end-of-(Korean)war announcement takes place as soon as possible. Also, I hope that this time's meeting (between Trump and Kim) could become an opportunity for the two Koreas to achieve economic cooperation and move one more step toward the reunification of Koreas."

3. SOUNDBITE (Korean) Choi Young-chul, 65, private business owner:

"I think (the meeting) is a one-time event for Trump's re-election, and I think President Moon is trying to take advantage of this meeting."

4. Various of people at Seoul Train Station