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Geographically, Panmunjeom sits in a wide valley just northwest of the broad Imjin River and about 56 km (35 miles) northwest of Seoul. Cartographically, and therefore politically, Panmunjeom also straddles the stretch of land near the western end of Korea's Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), a demarcation line about 4km (2 1/2 miles) wide which winds its way for 250 km (150 miles) across the waist of Korean peninsula. This truce camp is the point of official contact between North Korea and the free world. This is also a heavily mined, barricaded and patrolled "no-man's land" only for well-armed soldiers, a few hundred formers, and, ironically, several formerly endangered species of birds (such as the spectacular Manchurian crane). These species have flourished within the confines of the DMZ since it was declared off-limits to most of humanity in 1953.

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