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As a "tripartite consultative body consisting of the ROK, North Korea, and the United Nations
Command" became active under the CMA with a series of measures completed in October 2018 to
demilitarize the JSA, the JSA has now transformed into a place of peace and harmony where 35
completely unarmed guards without a single pistol perform their respective duties.
These measures laid the foundation for the first-ever meeting among the leaders of the two Koreas and
the US to be held at Panmunjom in June 2019. In addition, as people were allowed to access the
southern side of the JSA from May to September 2019, over 24,000 visitors experienced the
transformation of the JSA as a symbol of peace and harmony.

| Inter-Korean Joint Recovery of Remains in DMZ | Under the CMA, the ROK Armed Forces conducted
demining and remains recovery operations in the southern part of Arrowhead Hill within the DMZ from April
2019 to November 2020, recovering over 400 remains and 85,000 relics of the deceased.
Recovered among the remains were not only those of ROK soldiers killed in action (KIA) but also the
remains of soldiers of the UN forces (estimated) and a number of Chinese soldiers. Among them, the
remains of 9 ROK soldiers were identified and returned to their family members.
During the Korean War, 137,000 ROK soldiers were killed, and 124,000 of their remains have yet to be
found, accounting for over 90%. Many of them are believed to be inside the DMZ, where the fiercest
battles took place during the war.
Going forward, insofar as North Korea agrees, the ROK Armed Forces will organize a joint agency for
the recovery of remains and discuss ways to expand the areas in which remains will be sought.
Furthermore, the ROK Armed Forces will examine ways to involve other belligerents of the Korean War,
such as the US and China, in association with promoting the "DMZ into a peace zone" initiative.

Demining in the southern part of Arrowhead Hill Recovery of remains in Arrowhead Hill in the DMZ

| Peaceful Utilization of the Han River Estuary | The Han River estuary is a military area where both
sides have effectively banned any access except for a few special exceptions since the Armistice
Agreement was signed, even though the Agreement guarantees free navigation of civilian vessels in the
area. To jointly utilize the space where free access had been limited due to military tensions and create a
new momentum to restore the area as another peace zone, the two Koreas agreed to seek ways to

2020 Defense White Paper