Panmunjom

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Panmunjom Panmunjeom
Korean transcription(s)
• Hangeul	판문점
• Hancha	板門店
• McCune-Reischauer	P'anmunjŏm
• Revised Romanization	Panmunjeom
The original truce building in 1976, after it became the DPRK Peace Museum
Panmunjom
Coordinates: 37°57′36″N 126°39′54″E / 37.96000°N 126.66500°E / 37.96000; 126.66500
Country before the Korean War	First Republic of Korea
Modern countries	North Korea  South Korea
Special city	Kaesong
Ward	Panmun-guyok
Province	Gyeonggi
City	Paju

Panmunjom (also spelled Panmunjeom) was a village just north of the de facto border between North Korea and South Korea, where the 1953 Korean Armistice Agreement that ended the Korean War was signed. It was located in what is now Paju, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea and Panmun-guyok, Kaesong, North Korea. The building where the armistice was signed still stands.

Its name is often used as a metonym for the nearby Joint Security Area (JSA), where discussions between North Korea and South Korea still take place in blue buildings that straddle the Military Demarcation Line. As such, it is considered one of the last vestiges of the Cold War.