The Inter-Korean House of Freedom () is a four-story building located in the southern part of

Panmunjom Panmunjom, also known as Panmunjeom, now located in Paju, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea or Kaesong, North Hwanghae Province, North Korea, was a village just north of the ''de facto'' border between North and South Korea, where the 1953 Korea ...

(

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). It stands opposite to its North Korean equivalent, the

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. It is located 130 meters southwest of the

Inter-Korean Peace House The inter-Korean Peace House (House of Peace or Home of Peace) is a venue for peace talks between North and South Korea. The building is situated in the Joint Security Area on the south side of the Military Demarcation Line bisecting the area. ...

in the south of Panmunjom. The Inter-Korean House of Freedom was rebuilt on 9 July 1998 after demolition of the old house of freedom. The building hosted the 2019 North Korea–United States DMZ Summit. It was also one of many venues considered for the 2018 North Korea–United States summit, which would be eventually organized in

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Meetings

The Inter-Korean House of Freedom is one of the main inter-Korean meeting places along with the

. On 27 April, the

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between

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and

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took place in the Inter-Korean House of Freedom. Panmunjom and the Inter-Korean Peace House had been troubled by a negative public image, but after the successful summit, international press now viewed these locations more positively. Very soon after the inter-Korean summit, On 30 April, US president

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suggested that the House of Freedom would be a favorable place to discuss denuclearization and a

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during the 2018 Trump–Kim Jong-un summit. The summit was the first to be held after more than 65 years since the

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, and former US presidents had already paid an occasional visit to the

Korean Demilitarized Zone The Korean Demilitarized Zone (Korean: ; Hanbando Bimujang Jidae) is a strip of land running across the Korean Peninsula near the 38th parallel north. The demilitarized zone (DMZ) is a border barrier that divides the peninsula roughly in ha ...

(DMZ). The House of Freedom, along with the Inter-Korean Peace House, were the first publicly announced options for possible venues of the summit, when Trump

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, "Numerous countries are being considered for the MEETING, but would Peace House/Freedom House, on the Border of North & South Korea, be a more Representative, Important and Lasting site than a third party country? Just asking!" According to diplomatic information obtained by

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, North Korea's supreme leader

had agreed to meeting Trump at the DMZ. The 2018 North Korea–United States summit would be organized eventually, but in

instead of the originally planned location of the inter-Korean border. A meeting between Trump, Kim Jong-un and Moon Jae-in took place on June 30, 2019. On June 30, 2019, Donald Trump and Moon Jae-in met with Kim Jong-un at the DMZ and Trump and Kim had one hour summit at Freedom House.

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