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measures by fully opening all posts
and facilities, including underground
facilities in the JSA. In addition, mea-
sures were enforced to ensure mutual
transparency, such as adjusting and
rearranging the surveillance equip-
ment of both parties in the JSA and es-

Meeting of the leaders of the ROK, North Korea and tablishing a video information sharing
the US in Panmunjom (June 2019)
system. The ROK Armed Forces resu-
med tours on the southern side on May 1, 2019 in preparation for the freedom
of movement inside the JSA; as of September 30, 2019, a total of 24,000 visitors
has toured Panmunjom, which has been transformed into a place of "peace and
harmony". In particular, the demilitarization of the JSA immediately led to the
meeting among the leaders of the two Koreas and the US in Panmunjom on June 30,
2019.
As a pilot project on December 12, 2018, the military authorities of the ROK and
North Korea withdrew 22 GPs that are within 1km of each other inside the DMZ.
Since then, active duty military personnel from both sides have visited the others
side’s GPs and conducted joint field inspections. The withdrawal of GPs from the
DMZ has been cited by the United
Nations as a prime example of military
confidence building and conventional
arms control. In association with the

pilot project, the ROK government Chapter 8
gradually opened DMZ Peace Trail in
Goseong, Cheorwon, and Paju from
April 2019, allowing around 15,000
people to visit and experience the peace Recovery of remains on Arrowhead Hill in DMZ
created in the border area.
On December 7, 2018, the military
authorities of the ROK and North
Korea completed their conditions
shaping initiative by removing mines
and explosives from Arrowhead Hill
inside DMZ to conduct joint inter-
Korean remains recovery operations
Conveyance of the nautical chart of the Han River
and opening an inter-Korean road estuary (January 2019)

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