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North and South Korea have agreed to close some guard posts along their border on a trial basis, Seoul's defense minister told parliament Tuesday amid a rapid diplomatic thaw. The Demilitarized Zone that has divided the peninsula since the end of the Korean War in 1953 is, despite its name, one of the most fortified places on earth, with the areas on either side of it bristling with minefields and barbed-wire fences. Song Young-moo said the South would withdraw around 10 guard posts as part of confidence-building measures following the landmark summit between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and the South's President Moon Jae-in in April. "What it means is...
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Photo: North Korean soldiers, on the right, look south as a South Korean soldier stands guard at the truce village of Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone separating the two Koreas, in Paju,August 2018.