Crossings | The 1953 Armistice Agreement
Clip: Season 6 Episode 4 | 59sVideo has Closed Captions
Women Cross DMZ visit Panmunjom, the site of the 1953 Korean Armistice Agreement signing.
On July 27, 1953, the Korean Armistice Agreement was signed by UN Command, the Korean People’s Army, and Chinese People’s Volunteer Army at Panmunjom - this ended the hostilities but not the war. Decades later, in 2015, the activists of Women Cross DMZ visit the site on their peace walk and speak about their frustrations as they witness the Joint Security Area shared by North and South Korea.
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Crossings | The 1953 Armistice Agreement
Clip: Season 6 Episode 4 | 59sVideo has Closed Captions
On July 27, 1953, the Korean Armistice Agreement was signed by UN Command, the Korean People’s Army, and Chinese People’s Volunteer Army at Panmunjom - this ended the hostilities but not the war. Decades later, in 2015, the activists of Women Cross DMZ visit the site on their peace walk and speak about their frustrations as they witness the Joint Security Area shared by North and South Korea.
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[indistinct chatter] CHRISTINE: To be at Panmunjom on the Northern side and look over into the South, and to not be able to simply walk across the line to the Southern side... was quite frustrating.
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