Building in the Joint Security Area, Panmunjom, South Korea
The Peace House (House of Peace or Home of Peace) is a venue for peace talks between North and South Korea. The building is situated in the Joint Security Area on the south side of the Military Demarcation Line bisecting the area. It is under the jurisdiction of the United Nations Command.[1]
The Peace House is a three-story structure built in December 1989, with construction completing on December 19, 1989. The floor layout, which adds up to 998 square metres (10,740 sq ft), is as follows:[2]
First floor: a pair of rooms used mainly for press conferences and lower-level meetings.
Second floor: dedicated, for the most part, to an elaborate conference room
Third floor: two rooms, one dedicated for luncheons and dinners
The building is intended for non-military purposes, with the most notable usage being the April 2018 inter-Korean summit.[3][4][5]
January 15, 2018, Kwon Hyok Bong, director of the Arts and Performance Bureau in North Korea's Culture Ministry, and Hyon Song-wol, North Korea's deputy chief delegate for the talks, met with their South Korean counterparts to discuss inter-Korean participation in the 2018 Winter Olympics.[7][8]
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^Will Ripley (January 7, 2018). Talks between Koreas happening at Peace House (video). CNN.
^Kim, Jack; Park, Ju-Min (August 25, 2015). "Summit by proxy: For rival Koreas, peace meeting was next best thing".
^Lotto, Sofia (15 January 2018). "North Korea's All-Female Band Leader Hyon Song Wol Is the Only Woman Negotiating on Kim Jong Un's Behalf". Newsweek.com. Retrieved 2018-03-16.
^"Two Koreas to hold talks at Tongil-gak Monday : The DONG-A ILBO". English.donga.com. 2018-01-15. Retrieved 2018-03-16.
External links
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The official website of the Republic of Korea
Inter-Korean dialogue
Will Ripley (January 7, 2018). Talks between Koreas happening at Peace House (video). CNN.