In the early 1950s, war ravaged the Korean peninsula. However, the fighting ceased on July 27, 1953. Both sides of the conflict pulled back from the front and created a buffer zone 4 kilometers or 2.5 miles wide.
That buffer zone still exists today.
Learn more about the Korean Demilitarized Zone, its past and present, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
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