copenlu/druid huggingface dataset:
Claim: Military Demarcation Line is a territory of North Korea (Military Demarcation Line, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-10-09): SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea said Wednesday it will permanently block its border with South Korea and build frontline defense structures to cope with "confrontational hysteria" by South Korean and U.S. forces, while not announcing an expected constitutional revision to formally designate South Korea its principal enemy and codify new national borders. [...] South Korean officials earlier said North Korea had already been adding anti-tank barriers and reinforcing roads on its side of the border since April in a likely attempt to boost its front-line security posture and prevent its soldiers and citizens from defecting to South Korea. In a report to parliament on Tuesday, South Korea's Unification Ministry said that North Korea has been removing ties on the northern side of cross-border railways and nearby lamps and planting mines along the border. [...] At the center of outside attention was whether North Korea makes new legal claims on the waters currently controlled by South Korea off their west coast. The poorly marked western sea boundary is where three bloody naval skirmishes and two deadly attacks blamed on North Korea happened in the past 25 years.
Claim: Military Demarcation Line is a territory of North Korea (Military Demarcation Line, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-10-09): SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea said Wednesday it will permanently block its border with South Korea and build front-line defense structures to cope with "confrontational hysteria" by South Korean and U.S. forces, while not announcing an expected constitutional revision to formally designate South Korea its principal enemy and codify new national borders. [...] South Korean officials earlier said North Korea had already been adding anti-tank barriers and reinforcing roads on its side of the border since April in a likely attempt to boost its front-line security posture and prevent its soldiers and citizens from defecting to South Korea. In a report to parliament on Tuesday, South Korea’s Unification Ministry said that North Korea has been removing ties on the northern side of cross-border railways and nearby lamps and planting mines along the border. [...] At the center of outside attention was whether North Korea makes new legal claims on the waters currently controlled by South Korea off their west coast. The poorly marked western sea boundary is where three bloody naval skirmishes and two deadly attacks blamed on North Korea happened in the past 25 years.
Claim: Military Demarcation Line is a territory of North Korea (Military Demarcation Line, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-01-01): - First, both sides agreed to cease military exercises along the Military Demarcation Line from 01 November 2018. Specifically all live-fire artillery drills and field training exercises at the regiment level and above will be ceased, within five kilometers of the MDL. Both sides also agreed to designate No Fly Zones for all aircraft above the MDL area, from November 1st. [...] The military demarcation line (MDL) of separation between the belligerent sides at the close of the Korean war forms North Korea's boundary with South Korea. A demilitarized zone (DMZ) extends for 2,000 meters (just over 1 mile) on either side of the MDL. Both the North and South Korean Governments hold that the MDL as only a temporary administrative line, not a permanent border. The Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) is an area of land encompassing 4 kilometers-wide strip of land straddling the 151 mile long Military Demarcation Line (MDL). The 27 July 1953 Armistice Agreement established the DMZ along the approximate line of ground contact between the opposing forces at the time the truce ended the Korean War.
Claim: Military Demarcation Line is a territory of North Korea (Military Demarcation Line, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2022-02-08): Military Demarcation Line and Demilitarized Zone 1. A military demarcation line shall be fixed and both sides shall withdraw two (2) kilometers from this line so as to establish a demilitarized zone between the opposing forces. A demilitarized zone shall be established as a buffer zone to prevent the occurrence of incidents which might lead to a resumption of hostilities. [...] 59. (a) All civilians who, at the time this Armistice Agreement become effective, are in territory under the military control of the Commander-in-Chief, United Nations Command, and who, on 24 June 1950, resided north of the Military Demarcation Line established in this Armistice Agreement shall, if they desire to return home, be permitted and assisted by the Commander-in-Chief, United Nations Command, to return to the area north of the military Demarcation Line; and all civilians who, at the time this Armistice Agreement becomes effective, are in territory under the military control of the Supreme Commander of the Korean People's Army and the Commander of the Chinese People's Volunteers, and who on 24 June 1950, resided south of the Military Demarcation Line established in this Armistice Agreement shall, if they desire to return home, be permitted and assisted by the Supreme Commander of the Korean People's Army and the Commander of the Chinese People's Volunteers to return to the area south Military Demarcation Line.
Claim: Military Demarcation Line is a territory of North Korea (Military Demarcation Line, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-04-18): The Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) is a strip of land running across the Korean Peninsula that serves as a buffer zone between North Korea and South Korea. The DMZ is a de facto border barrier and divides the Korean Peninsula approximately in half. It roughly follows latitude 38°N (the 38th parallel), the original demarcation line between North Korea and South Korea at the end of World War II. The Demilitarized Zone incorporates territory on both sides of the cease-fire line as it existed at the end of the Korean War (1950-1953), and was created by pulling back the respective forces 1.2 miles along each side of the line. [...] The Armistice Agreement for the Restoration of the South Korean State was signed on July 27th, 1953, and resulted in the creation of the DMZ as each side agreed to move their troops 1.2 miles back from the front line, establishing a 2.5-mile wide buffer zone. The Military Demarcation Line (DML) goes through the center of the DMZ and indicates where the front was when the agreement was signed. Owing to this theoretical stalemate and genuine hostility between North and South Korea, large numbers of troops are still stationed along both sides of the buffer zone. Each side holds constant guard against potential aggression from the other side, even 68 years after its establishment. The armistice agreement clearly explains the number of military personnel and what kind of weapons are allowed in the DMZ.
Claim: Military Demarcation Line is a territory of North Korea (Military Demarcation Line, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-03-14): Recently, North Korea raised military tensions with South Korea to an unprecedentedly high level. At the Korean Workers’ Party plenum at the end of last year, Kim Jong Un declared South Korea to be "the most hostile state" and inter-Korean relations "a warring belligerent relationship," and ordered North Korea’s army to "prepare a great event to conquer the territory of South Korea." The nuclear-armed North Korea appears confident that it can overwhelm the nonnuclear South Korea and deter U.S. military intervention. However, it is unlikely that North Korea will start a premeditated, all-out war against the South for the time being, since a war would be suicidal and bring about the end of its regime. Moreover, North Korea’s economy cannot afford to sustain an all-out war, and neither China nor Russia would support a North Korea-initiated war. On the other hand, a limited military attack by the North can happen anytime near the demarcation line. An accidental military collision and escalation can also occur anytime due to the unusually high level of military preparedness and tensions between the two Koreas as well as their preemptive doctrines.
Claim: Military Demarcation Line is a territory of North Korea (Military Demarcation Line, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-05-31): The Northern Limit Line divides the maritime boundary between North Korea (the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, hereafter DPRK) and South Korea (the Republic of Korea, hereafter ROK). Just as in inter-Korean relations more broadly, North Korea’s strategy to exploit strategic and legal ambiguity dominates the security, political, and even ecological morass in the maritime domain. North Korea exploits the legal ambiguities of the disputed border and takes advantage of the broader inherent dangers of maritime security. [...] The NLL was drawn a month after the Korean Armistice Agreement was signed in late July 1953. The agreement named five islands that would fall under South Korean control. These islands then formed the trajectory of the land-based Military Demarcation Line (MDL)—from which the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) is measured—to sea. Some evidence suggests that UNC officials chose the line to keep South Korean civilian ships, especially fishing vessels, away from North Korean soil.[1]
Claim: Military Demarcation Line is a territory of North Korea (Military Demarcation Line, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2020-05-05): - Kim also met with South Korean President Moon Jae-in three times in 2018, which led to a commitment from North Korea to close a missile-test facility, as well as an agreement from both sides to end military drills along the Military Demarcation Line. Nevertheless, North Korea had not yet taken significant steps to eliminate its nuclear program by the end of the year. [...] North Korea’s nuclear program threatens the security of the entire Korean peninsula. In June 2018, Supreme Leader Kim met with US President Donald Trump for an historic summit in Singapore, leading to a vague agreement in which the North Korean government committed to "work towards" denuclearization of the Korean peninsula without prescribing concrete actions to achieve that end. Kim Jong-un and President Moon also met for three summits during the year to discuss preventing war between North and South Korea. The third summit, held in Pyongyang in September, led to a commitment from North Korea to close a missile-test facility, as well as an agreement from both sides to end military drills along the Military Demarcation Line, among other provisions. Despite these promises and the agreement with the United States, North Korea had not yet taken significant steps to eliminate its nuclear program by the end of the year.
Claim: Military Demarcation Line is a territory of North Korea (Military Demarcation Line, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2018-04-26): Mr Kim is set to cross the military demarcation line - a clearly defined marker of the official land border between the territories. He will, however, remain within the Demilitarised Zone. [...] Mr Moon will meet Mr Kim and his delegation of nine officials at the concrete blocks which mark the demarcation line on the border, Mr Im told reporters on Thursday.
Claim: Military Demarcation Line is a territory of North Korea (Military Demarcation Line, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-06-11): According to local media reports, the South Korean Military’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said around 20 North Korean soldiers crossed the military demarcation line that runs between the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) separating the two countries. [...] While the border violation appears to be inadvertent, it comes at a time of heightened border tensions between North and South Korea. Late last month, North Korea flew hundreds of balloons carrying trash and feces across the border into the South. The South Korea military’s chemical and biological warfare response team inspected the balloons after they fell on their territory and issued an alert asking people to avoid them. Pyongyang said the balloons were in response to a long-running effort by South Korean activists and North Korean defectors using balloons to deliver propaganda material to their country. These materials usually include leaflets criticizing the Kim Jong-un regime and USB thumb drives with South Korean media like K-pop songs and K-dramas. The first trash balloon incident took place one day after a North Korean rocket carrying a spy satellite exploded shortly after launch. Since the start of this month, North Korea has flown hundreds more such trash balloons into South Korean territory—angering officials in Seoul. South Korea retaliated by suspending a 2018 deal between the two countries to scale down border tensions.
Claim: Military Demarcation Line is a territory of North Korea (Military Demarcation Line, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-06-11): South Korea’s military has said it fired warning shots after soldiers from North Korea briefly crossed the border at the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) that separates the countries. The incident took place at about 12.30pm (03:30 GMT) on Sunday when a group of North Korean soldiers crossed over the Military Demarcation Line within the DMZ, the Yonhap news agency reported, citing a statement from the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS). [...] North Korea is extremely sensitive to Seoul’s loudspeaker broadcasts because it fears such messaging could demoralise front-line troops and residents and eventually weaken Kim Jong Un’s grip on power, analysts say.
Claim: Military Demarcation Line is a territory of North Korea (Military Demarcation Line, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2018-04-27): South Korean President Moon Jae-in was waiting to greet him at the military demarcation line that has long divided the two Koreas. The two leaders shook hands at the line, and then, in a symbolic move, Moon joined Kim on the northern side of the line before they crossed into the southern side together. [...] A South Korean man weeps in Seoul as he watches Kim cross the military demarcation line. Woohae Cho/Getty Images Kim and Moon cross the military demarcation line together. Kim is the first North Korean leader to cross the line since fighting ended in the Korean War. Moon has been a longtime advocate of peace between the Koreas. Korea Summit Press Pool/AFP/Getty Images
Claim: Military Demarcation Line is a territory of North Korea (Military Demarcation Line, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2019-06-30): "I never expected to meet you at this place," Kim told Trump through an interpreter as they greeted each other at the demarcation line. Trump walked with Kim a few steps into North Korean territory, where the two shook hands and posed for photos, before both crossed over into South Korea. Trump said stepping over the demarcation line was "a great honor," while Kim said the event "has a lot of significance because it means that we want to bring an end to the unpleasant past" and called it a "courageous and determined act."
Claim: Military Demarcation Line is a territory of North Korea (Military Demarcation Line, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-06-11): Bloodshed and violent confrontations have occasionally occurred at the Koreas’ heavily fortified border, called the Demilitarized Zone. While Sunday’s incident happened amid simmering tensions between the two Koreas, observers say it is unlikely to develop into another source of animosity as South Korea believes the North Koreans did not deliberately commit the border intrusion and North Korea also did not return fire. At 12:30 p.m. on Sunday (11:30 p.m. Saturday ET), some North Korean soldiers who were engaged in unspecified work on the northern side of the border crossed the military demarcation line that bisects the two countries, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said. [...] The 2155-mile-long, 2.5-mile-wide DMZ is the world’s most heavily armed border. An estimated 2 million mines are peppered inside and near the border, which is also guarded by barbed wire fences, tank traps and combat troops on both sides. It’s a legacy of the 1950-53 Korean War, which ended with an armistice, not a peace treaty.
Claim: Military Demarcation Line is a territory of North Korea (Military Demarcation Line, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2019-07-01): It noted with satisfaction the historic moment — "that a sitting U.S. president crossed the military demarcation line and stepped into our territory for the first time."
Claim: Military Demarcation Line is a territory of North Korea (Military Demarcation Line, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-06-13): U.N. Command — a multinational military body tasked with enforcing the armistice between South and North Korea — said it is investigating Seoul’s claims that around 20 North Korean troops crossed the Military Demarcation Line at 12:30 p.m. Sunday, according to an unattributed email statement from the command. The demarcation line marks the border between the two Koreas within the DMZ, a buffer zone roughly 150 miles long and 2½ miles wide. [...] The DMZ contains thick foliage that makes it difficult to see signs denoting one’s territory, South Korean Army Col. Lee Sung-jun said during a news conference Tuesday.
Claim: Military Demarcation Line is a territory of South Korea (Military Demarcation Line, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-10-07): The Military Demarcation Line (MDL), sometimes referred to as the Armistice Line, is the land border or demarcation line between North Korea and South Korea. On either side of the line is the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ). The MDL and DMZ were established by the Korean Armistice Agreement.[1] [...] In Korean, the line is called the Hyujeonseon (휴전선), meaning "armistice line."[5] It is also sometimes called the Gunsa Bungye-seon (군사분계선), which literally means "military demarcation line." However, in colloquial usage, the dividing line is more often called the Sampalseon (삼팔선, "38th parallel"), a name likely coined at the end of World War II, when it would have been an accurate description of the North-South border. [...] - ^ Pak, Hŭi-gwŏn. (2000). The Law of the Sea and Northeast Asia: a Challenge for Cooperation, , p. 108, at Google Books; excerpt, "Under the 1953 Armistice Agreement, the Military Demarcation Line was drawn across the Korean peninsula. Since no maritime demarcation line was specified in the Armistice Agreement, however, the United Nations Command drew the NLL...."
Claim: Military Demarcation Line is a territory of South Korea (Military Demarcation Line, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-09-12): DMZ (Demilitarized Zone) Tour
Claim: Military Demarcation Line is a territory of South Korea (Military Demarcation Line, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-05-01): At the end of World War II, the 38th Parallel was chosen somewhat arbitrarily by U.S. officials Dean Rusk and Charles Bonesteel as a practical demarcation line for the military occupation of Korea by the Soviet Union in the north and the United States in the south. This division was intended to be temporary but became more permanent due to Cold War tensions. [...] The Korean War began when North Korean troops crossed the 38th Parallel on June 25, 1950, invading South Korea. This marked the start of hostilities that would last until an armistice was signed in 1953, although the armistice line was not along the 38th Parallel but rather along the Military Demarcation Line, which forms part of the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ). [...] No, the actual border between North and South Korea is not the 38th Parallel but the Military Demarcation Line within the DMZ, which was established by the armistice agreement in 1953. The DMZ is approximately 4 kilometers wide and stretches across the Korean Peninsula, but it deviates from the 38th Parallel.
Claim: Military Demarcation Line is a territory of South Korea (Military Demarcation Line, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2023-07-19): This week U.S. soldier Travis King crossed the Demilitarized Zone, often called the DMZ, which separates South Korea and North Korea. King went into North Korea "willfully and without authorization" and is believed to be in the custody of North Korean forces. What is the DMZ and what does it look like? [...] The DMZ is a 148-mile-long strip that incorporates territory from both North and South Korea. It is about 35 miles from South Korea's capital, Seoul, and runs along the 38th parallel, the line that divides the two countries, along which much of the Korean War occurred. The DMZ was created at the end of the Korean War in 1953, when an armistice was signed. Both countries are still divided and technically at war, but the DMZ ensures the demarcation between them remains peaceful. It is protected by heavily armed troops on both sides.
Claim: Military Demarcation Line is a territory of South Korea (Military Demarcation Line, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-06-11): Bloodshed and violent confrontations have occasionally occurred at the Koreas’ heavily fortified border, called the Demilitarized Zone. While Sunday’s incident happened amid simmering tensions between the two Koreas, observers say it won’t likely develop into another source of animosity as South Korea believes the North Koreans didn’t deliberately commit the border intrusion and North Korea also didn’t return fire. At 12:30 p.m. on Sunday, some North Korean soldiers who were engaged in unspecified work on the northern side of the border crossed the military demarcation line that bisects the two countries, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said. [...] Lee gave no further details. But South Korean media reports said that about 20-30 North Korean soldiers had entered South Korean territory about 50 meters (165 feet) after they likely lost their way. The reports said most of the North Korean soldiers were carrying pickaxes and other construction tools.
Claim: Military Demarcation Line is a territory of South Korea (Military Demarcation Line, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-10-09): North Korea’s army said it will take the "substantial military step" of completely cutting off its territory from South Korea on Wednesday, after months of fortifying its heavily armed border.
Claim: Military Demarcation Line is a territory of South Korea (Military Demarcation Line, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-10-09): SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea said Wednesday it will permanently block its border with South Korea and build frontline defense structures to cope with "confrontational hysteria" by South Korean and U.S. forces, while not announcing an expected constitutional revision to formally designate South Korea its principal enemy and codify new national borders. [...] At the center of outside attention was whether North Korea makes new legal claims on the waters currently controlled by South Korea off their west coast. The poorly marked western sea boundary is where three bloody naval skirmishes and two deadly attacks blamed on North Korea happened in the past 25 years.
Claim: Military Demarcation Line is a territory of South Korea (Military Demarcation Line, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-10-01): Recent News demilitarized zone (DMZ), region on the Korean peninsula that demarcates North Korea from South Korea. It roughly follows latitude 38° N (the 38th parallel), the original demarcation line between North Korea and South Korea at the end of World War II. The demilitarized zone (DMZ) incorporates territory on both sides of the ceasefire line as it existed at the end of the Korean War (1950–53) and was created by pulling back the respective forces 1.2 miles (2 km) along each side of the line. It runs for about 150 miles (240 km) across the peninsula, from the mouth of the Han River on the west coast to a little south of the North Korean town of Kosŏng on the east coast. Located within the DMZ is the "truce village" of Panmunjom, about 5 miles (8 km) east of Kaesŏng, North Korea. It was the site of peace discussions during the Korean War and has since been the location of various conferences over issues involving North and South Korea, their allies, and the United Nations.