Panmunjom, also known as Panmunjeom, now located in Paju, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea or Panmun-guyok, Kaesong, North Korea, was a village just north of the de facto border between North and South Korea, where the 1953 Korean Armistice Agreement that ended the Korean War was signed. The building where the armistice was signed still stands.
Original truce building, North Korean Peace Museum (1976)
Site of negotiations in 1951
The world's sixth tallest flagpole flying a 270 kg (595 lb) Flag of North Korea, is 160 m (525 ft) in height, over Kijŏng-dong ("Peace village"), near Panmunjom.
Paju is a city in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. Paju was made a city in 1997; it had previously been a county (gun).
Rail line crossing the Imjin River
Image: Paju Englush Village