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Panmunjom - 17 April 2017

1. Various of US Vice President Mike Pence visiting Demilitarised Zone dividing North and South Korea, being shown points of interest by military officials

STORYLINE:

US President Mike Pence on Monday visited the Demilitarised Zone (DMZ) dividing North and South Korea.

Pence made an unannounced visit to the Demilitarized Zone at the start of his 10-day trip to Asia in a US show of force that allowed the vice president to gaze at North Korean soldiers from afar and stare directly across a border marked by razor wire.

During the visit Pence told reporters that President Donald Trump was hopeful that China would use its "extraordinary levers" to pressure the North to abandon its weapons.

He added that the "era of strategic patience is over" with North Korea, expressing frustration at the unwillingness of the regime to move towards ridding itself of nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles.

The vice president visited a military base near the DMZ, Camp Bonifas, for a briefing with military leaders and to meet with American troops stationed there.

The joint US-South Korean military camp is just outside the 2.5-mile-wide (4-kilometre-wide) DMZ.

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US President Mike Pence on Monday visited the Demilitarised Zone (DMZ) dividing North and South Korea.

Pence made an unannounced visit to the Demilitarized Zone at the start of his 10-day trip to Asia in a US show of force that allowed the vice president to gaze at North Korean soldiers from afar and stare directly across a border marked by razor wire.

During the visit Pence told reporters that President Donald Trump was hopeful that China would use its "extraordinary levers" to pressure the North to abandon its weapons.

He added that the "era of strategic patience is over" with North Korea, expressing frustration at the unwillingness of the regime to move towards ridding itself of nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles.

The vice president visited a military base near the DMZ, Camp Bonifas, for a briefing with military leaders and to meet with American troops stationed there.

The joint US-South Korean military camp is just outside the 2.5-mile-wide (4-kilometre-wide) DMZ.

US POOL

Panmunjom - 17 April 2017

1. Various of US Vice President Mike Pence visiting Demilitarised Zone dividing North and South Korea, being shown points of interest by military officials

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

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.

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Paju - 9 January 2018

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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

US Secretary of Defence Ash Carter said on Sunday that it was important to continue trying to resolve the issues surrounding North Korea's nuclear programme through six-party talks.

He was speaking during a visit to the South Korean side of the Korean de-militarised zone.

Carter said that the US is continuously urging North Korea to refrain from provocations or any action that may heighten tension, and to follow through on the denuclearisation process demanded in the six-party talks, in order to bring peace and prosperity to the Korean peninsula.

Carter emphasised the need for a strong US-South Korea alliance, and the necessity of keeping a strong military presence in the sharply divided border areas.

Carter is visiting South Korea for three days from Saturday to Monday to take part in the security consultative meeting (SCM) on Monday with his South Korean counterpart, Han Min-koo.

US Secretary of Defence Ash Carter said on Sunday that it was important to continue trying to resolve the issues surrounding North Korea's nuclear programme through six-party talks.

He was speaking during a visit to the South Korean side of the Korean de-militarised zone.

Carter said that the US is continuously urging North Korea to refrain from provocations or any action that may heighten tension, and to follow through on the denuclearisation process demanded in the six-party talks, in order to bring peace and prosperity to the Korean peninsula.

Carter emphasised the need for a strong US-South Korea alliance, and the necessity of keeping a strong military presence in the sharply divided border areas.

Carter is visiting South Korea for three days from Saturday to Monday to take part in the security consultative meeting (SCM) on Monday with his South Korean counterpart, Han Min-koo.

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Panmunjom - 1 November 2015

1. South Korean Defence Minister Han Min-koo and United States Defence Secretary Ash Carter arriving at observation post in de-mlitarised zone (DMZ)

2. Han and Carter

3. Close of Carter

4. Various of Carter looking around the observation post

5. Wide of North Korean area

6. North Korean village

7. South Korean and North Korean soldiers at Joint Security Area (JSA)

8. Panmungok, northern side of Panmunjom

9. Various of Carter at Military Demarcation Line (MDL)

10. North Korean soldiers

11. SOUNDBITE (English) Ash Carter, US Defence Secretary:

"But we continue, not only the United States, and not only the United States and South Korea, but also China and Japan and Russia, the so-called six-party talks, to call for the denuclearisation of the Korean Peninsula. So that remains our policy, we remain committed to achieving that negotiated outcome with North Korea."

12. Panmungok, northern side of Panmunjom

13. SOUNDBITE(English) Ash Carter, US Defence Secretary:

"And the ever-present danger is the reason why we speak of the ability to 'Fight Tonight,' that's the slogan up here, no one ever wants to have to do that. But deterrence is guaranteed through strength, and that's what the alliance is all about."

14. Various of Carter inside Peace House

15. North Korean soldiers walking down stairs

16. Carter looking around Joint Security Area (JSA)

US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis visited the Demilitarized Zone marking the border between North and South Korea. He said the administration's goal is not war, but the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.

POOL

Panmunjom – 27 October 2017

1. US Defense Sec. Jim Mattis and South Korean Defence Minister Song Young-moo getting DMZ tour

2. Building on North Korean side of border

3. Western tourists on North Korean side, taking group photo, watching

4. SOUNDBITE (English) Jim Mattis, US Defense Secretary

"North Korean provocations continue to threaten regional and world peace. And despite the unanimous condemnation of the United Nations Security Council, they still proceed."

5. North Korean soldier

6. SOUNDBITE (English) Jim Mattis, US Defense Secretary

"As US Secretary of State (Rex) Tillerson has made clear, our goal is not war, but rather the complete verifiable, irreversible denuclearization of the Korean peninsula."

7. Mattis and Song shake hands

US Vice President Mike Pence said on Monday the "era of strategic patience is over" with North Korea.

Pence made the comments during a visit to the Demilitarised Zone dividing North and South Korea.

He said the main objective was to achieve a denuclearised Korean peninsula "through peace of all means through negotiations, but all options are on the table."

His visit, full of Cold War symbolism, and his remarks to reporters come amid increasing tensions and heated rhetoric on the Korean Peninsula.

US POOL

Panmunjom - 17 April 2017

1. US Vice President Mike Pence preparing to address media

2. SOUNDBITE (English) US Vice President Mike Pence

"Thank you all for being here. It is my great honour to represent the President of the United States here in the Demilitarised Zone, and I am very grateful for the leadership of General (Vincent) Brooks and General Lee and the iron-clad and immutable alliance that is represented here by these two strong military leaders. To stand here in this place, to be able to give evidence of the commitment of the people of the United States to our long-term alliance with the people of South Korea is a great honour for me and I bring greetings to our soldiers here and to the soldiers of South Korea from the President of the United States. We commend them for their vigilance here along this historic frontier of freedom and we express the resolve of the people of the United States of America. To stand together in the months and years ahead with the people of South Korea to both preserve their freedom and ensure the objective of a denuclearised Korean peninsula. It is an objective not just shared by the United States and the people of South Korea, but by our allies across the globe. We are heartened by the support of allies across the Asian pacific, including China. We will continue to advance this objective on the Korean peninsula and I am here to express the resolve of the people of the United States and the President of the United States, to achieve that objective through peace of all means through negotiations, but all options are on the table. As we continue to stand shoulder to shoulder with the people of South Korea for the denuclearisation of this peninsula and for the long term prosperity and freedom of the people of South Korea. Let me say it is also very humbling for me to be here because my father served here in Korea in the United States' army more than 64 years ago. The general favoured me this morning for the few reflections on my father's service here and it seems altogether fitting that as Vice President I could be here to personally express the timeless bond between the people of South Korea and the people of the United States of America. People across the world should know that the bonds between our people are not simply strategic and military and economic, but they are personal, and they span generations of Americans and South Koreans. And on that foundation, we will see freedom through, we will see the interest of the security and prosperity of the people of South Korea, and in a word, we go together."

3. Pence leaving building

4. Military official pointing out sites of interest on the DMZ to Pence

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

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

US Vice President Mike Pence said on Monday the "era of strategic patience is over" with North Korea.

Pence made the comments during a visit to the Demilitarised Zone dividing North and South Korea.

He said the main objective was to achieve a denuclearised Korean peninsula "through peace of all means through negotiations, but all options are on the table."

His visit, full of Cold War symbolism, and his remarks to reporters come amid increasing tensions and heated rhetoric on the Korean Peninsula.

Pence's visit came after a North Korean missile exploded during launch on Sunday, U.S. and South Korean officials said.

Pyongyang has been trying to showcase its nuclear and missile capabilities around the birth anniversary of the North's late founder and as a U.S. aircraft carrier neared the Korean Peninsula.

US POOL

Panmunjom - 17 April 2017

1. SOUNDBITE (English) Mike Pence, US Vice President:

"Thank you all for being here. It is my great honour to represent the President of the United States here in the Demilitarised Zone, and I am very grateful for the leadership of General (Vincent) Brooks and General Lee and the iron-clad and immutable alliance that is represented here by these two strong military leaders. To stand here in this place, to be able to give evidence of the commitment of the people of the United States to our long-term alliance with the people of South Korea is a great honour for me and I bring greetings to our soldiers here and to the soldiers of South Korea from the President of the United States. We commend them for their vigilance here along this historic frontier of freedom and we express the resolve of the people of the United States of America to stand together in the months and years ahead with the people of South Korea to both preserve their freedom and ensure the objective of a denuclearised Korean peninsula. It is an objective not just shared by the United States and the people of South Korea, but by our allies across the globe. We are heartened by the support of allies across the Asia pacific, including China. We will continue to advance this objective on the Korean peninsula and I am here to express the resolve of the people of the United States and the President of the United States, to achieve that objective through peace of all means through negotiations, but all options are on the table. As we continue to stand shoulder to shoulder with the people of South Korea for the denuclearisation of this peninsula and for the long term prosperity and freedom of the people of South Korea. Let me say it is also very humbling for me to be here because my father served here in Korea in the United States' army more than 64 years ago. The general favoured me this morning for the few reflections on my father's service here and it seems altogether fitting that as Vice President I could be here to personally express the timeless bond between the people of South Korea and the people of the United States of America. People across the world should know that the bonds between our people are not simply strategic and military and economic, but they are personal, and they span generations of Americans and South Koreans. And on that foundation, we will see freedom through, we will see the interest of the security and prosperity of the people of South Korea, and in a word, we go together."

3. US Vice President Pence leaving

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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."

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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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The border between North and South Korea remained calm on Wednesday amid North Korea's strong warning against South Korea's annual Hoguk military exercise.

A North Korean soldier stood in front of the Panmungak building, directly facing South Korean soldiers.

No unusual movement was reported from the area.

South Korea started its 12-day Hoguk (Safeguard) exercise on Monday.

This is a nationwide joint military exercise involving the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps in preparation for military action by North Korea.

The South Korean Defence Ministry has said that this year's exercise will involve about 330-thousand troops, the largest number since the it started in 1996.

North Korea's Secretariat of the Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of Korea released a statement on Wednesday stating that the South "clearly proved that it does not hope for dialogue, but has attempted to use it as a camouflage in order to escalate confrontation and war moves."

"The army and people of the DPRK will mercilessly wipe out the South Korean puppet forces if they provoke the DPRK even a bit," warned the statement.

The Korean Peninsula remains in a technical state of war because the 1950-53 Korean War ended with an armistice, not a peace treaty.

About 28,500 US troops are stationed in South Korea to help deter potential aggression from North Korea.

AP TELEVISION

Paju - 12 November 2014

1. South Korean soldiers standing in line facing the North Korean building Panmungak and the Joint Security Area (JSA) in between

2. A North Korean soldier standing by the Panmungak building on the North Korea side of the border

3. Close-up of panel reading (Korean) "Panmungak"

4. A North Korean soldier standing by the Panmungak building

5. Close-up of a North Korean soldier

6. Various South and North Korean soldiers standing to attention facing each other

7. South Korean soldiers standing to attention

8. South Korean soldiers standing as soldier patrols behind them

9. Various of North Korean national flag on top of mast

10. A monument with inscription reading (Korean) "Our wondrous marshals Kim Il Song and Kim Jong Il will always be with us" standing in North Korean territory

11. North Korean buildings as seen from South Korea

12. North Korean security post and a North Korean soldier standing inside the post

13. North Korean hillside seen from South's side

14. North Korean building seen from South Korea

15. North Korean national flag flying on top of mast

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

Panmunjom, once an obscure farming village, 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 U.N. 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 U.N. Command.

It's located in the 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.

The Korean village of Panmunjom is where North Korean soldiers hacked to death two American officers at the height of the Cold War.

It's also where the rival Koreas have held rare high-profile talks, and top American officials have visited to demonstrate American commitment to defending South Korea.

A look at Panmunjom, a day after South Korea's new liberal president offered talks with North Korea at the village in what would be the Koreas' first face-to-face meeting since late 2015.

Panmunjom, South Korea - Undated

1. Video essay on Panmunjom - with annotation

A ceremony was held on Monday at the truce village of Panmunjom to mark the armistice that ended fighting in the Korean War more than six decades ago.

The event was led by officials from The United Nations Command (UNC) and the United States Forces Korea (USFK).

At a news conference, Lieutenant General Terrence O'Shaughnessy, United Nations Command's Deputy Commander, said North Korea's pursuit of "nuclear weapons, long-range ballistic missiles and proliferation of weapons and violations of UN Security Council Resolutions continues to threaten stability in this region and in the world."

A senior member of the United Nations Command Military Armistice Commission, Chang Kwang-hyun, also urged the North to seek "a peaceful unification" of the two Koreas.

The agreement on 27 July 1953 brought the three-year Korean war to an end with an armistice, not a peace treaty.

AP TELEVISION

Panmunjom - 27 July 2015

1. Officials standing in front of the truce village of Panmunjom inside the demilitarised zone (DMZ)

2. North Korean soldiers taking photos of the South side

3. Officials taking group photos including the United Nations Command's Deputy Commander and deputy commander of USFK (United States Forces Korea) Seventh Air Force Lieutenant General Terrence O'Shaughnessy (fifth from right), Major General Urs Gerber, NNSC (Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission) Suisse delegation (fourth from right) and senior member United Nations Command Military Armistice Commission, Chang Kwang-hyun (seventh from right)

4. Pan up from Military Demarcation Line to North Korean soldiers taking photos

5. Wide of Panmungak building, on the North Korean side of Panmunjom

6. Close of North Korean soldier

7. Chang, O'Shaughnessy, and Gerber (from left to right) and North Korean soldiers in the background

8. National flags including the US, South Korean and United Nations ones

9. Cutaway of audience

10. SOUNDBITE (English) Lieutenant General Terrence O'Shaughnessy, United Nations Command's Deputy Commander and Deputy Commander of USFK Seventh Air Force:

"Today, the armistice reflects the enduring commitment to the international community to preserve peace and stability. Its maintenance continues to be a complex task especially when dealing with the provocative actions of North Korea. The nation's pursuit of nuclear weapons, long-range ballistic missiles and proliferation of weapons and violations of UN Security Council Resolutions continues to threaten stability in this region and in the world."

11. Cutaway of audience

12. Chang arriving at lectern for speech

13. SOUNDBITE (Korean) Chang Kwang-hyun, senior member, United Nations Command Military Armistice Commission:

"(As a major general), I hope and urge the North to realise our will to abide by the ceasefire agreement and seek a peaceful unification, so that they can discard reckless and hostile attitudes and come out to the negotiation table to discuss peaceful measures that could relieve military tension on the Korean Peninsula."

14. Wide of hall

15. North Korean soldiers taking photos

16. US soldier standing behind South Korean military policeman

17. Wide of Panmunjom

18. Close of North Korean soldiers taking photos

19. North Korean guard post

20. North Korean soldier on guard

21. North and South Korean soldiers facing each other

22. Wide of Panmunjom