Joint Security Area

English: The Joint Security Area is the only portion of the Korean Demilitarized Zone where South and North Korean forces stand face-to-face. From time to time, it is the scene of negotiations between South and North.

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  Map of the Joint Security Area
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  The layout of the Joint Security Area in 1976
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  South Korean soldiers standing guard at the JSA between the blue buildings. View from the south, with North Korea to the rear.
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  Joint Security Area, looking from South to North
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  Joint Security Area inside Korean DMZ from the North Korean side
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  DPRK's "Hall of Unification"
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  Freedom House, ROK
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  ROK-DPRK boundary, photo taken on ROK territory
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  ROK-DPRK boundary
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  The new Freedom House as viewed from Panmungak in 2005
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  Interior of Panmun Guk
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  Panmunjeom, looking from South Korea to North Korea
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  Home of Peace, ROK
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  Panmunjeom north flagpole
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  Panmunjeom, View from North to South Korea. Own photo taken in August 2005
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  Panmunjeom, View from North to South. Own photo taken in August 2005
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  Panmunjeom, JSA, inside the middle barack. Own photo taken in August 2005
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  Two North Korean soldiers standing guard inside a JSA conference room, in front of the door leading to the South Korean side of the JSA. View from north to south.
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  South Korean soldier who protects the door to North Korea in the blue building
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  Soldier Goldblatt with North Korean guards at Panmunjom Korea 1956. Photo taken while while delivering supplies from the UNCMAC base camp to JSA. Both US and North Korean forces were allowed to freely interact at that time.
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  Equipment recovered from sunken North Korean boat in South Korean waters
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  Equipment recovered from sunken North Korean boat in South Korean waters
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  Equipment recovered from sunken North Korean boat in South Korean waters
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  View from KPA#7 towards CP#3 (Photo January 1976)
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  Picture of KPA#8 along emergenct egress road from CP#3 (Photo March 1976)
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  View looking south from CP#3 towards Taesong-dong (Photo March 1976)
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  Picture of OP#5, site where the pictures of the Axe Murder Incident were taken from (Photo August 1977)
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  KPA Guard watching North Korean workers in the rice paddies from KPA#3 (Photo August 1977)
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  Another view of KPA#3, this one a year earlier. This also shows the North Korean boundary of the DMZ (Photo January 1976)
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  North Korean sponsored tour of Angolans to the JSA after the fall of Angola to Communism (part1)
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  North Korean sponsored tour of Angolans to the JSA after the fall of Angola to Communism (part2)
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  Picture with Lt. Barrett incorrectly identified, the individual is actually Sp/4 Gene Bickley