SEOUL, June 17 (UPI) -- South Korea's Defense Ministry announced plans Wednesday to reduce the size of the military-controlled buffer zone along the heavily fortified border with North Korea, easing decades-old restrictions on access to frontier areas in a move aimed at promoting regional development.

The Civilian Control Line will be shrunk to an average of 6km starting 2027.

SEOUL: Civilians in South Korea will be able to get several kilometres nearer North Korea under new rules broadening public access to the highly militarised border zone, Seoul's defence ministry said on Wednesday (Jun 17).The two Koreas remain technically at war because their 1950-53 conflict ended in an armi

SEOUL, June 11 (UPI) -- South Korean President Lee Jae Myung and leaders of the European Union on Wednesday condemned North Korea's military cooperation with Russia and expressed "grave concern" over Pyongyang's nuclear and ballistic missile programs, while also backing Seoul's efforts to resume dialogue with the North.