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The Phanmun Pavilion is a North Korean building located in the northern 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 Korean A ...
(
Joint Security Area), which is a building corresponding to the South Korean building
Freedom House
Freedom House is a non-profit, majority U.S. government funded organization in Washington, D.C., that conducts research and advocacy on democracy, political freedom, and human rights. Freedom House was founded in October 1941, and Wendell Wil ...
. It was built in September 1969 as a two-story building 80 meters north of Freedom House.
For the
April 2018 inter-Korean summit,
Kim Jong-un
Kim Jong-un (; , ; born 8 January 1982) is a North Korean politician who has been Supreme Leader of North Korea since 2011 and the leader of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) since 2012. He is a son of Kim Jong-il, who was North Korea's sec ...
left the Phanmun Pavilion at 9 a.m. (
UTC+08:30), and reached the
Military Demarcation Line at Panmunjom.
See also
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Unification Pavilion
The Unification Pavilion is a venue for peace talks between North and South Korea. The building is situated in the Joint Security Area on the North side of the Military Demarcation Line bisecting the area. Before the Korean War, the village, named ...
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Inter-Korean House of Freedom
The Inter-Korean House of Freedom () is a four-story building located in the southern part of Panmunjom (Joint Security Area). It stands opposite to its North Korean equivalent, the Phanmun Pavilion. It is located 130 meters southwest of the Int ...
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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. ...
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April 2018 inter-Korean summit
References
Buildings and structures in North Korea
1969 establishments in North Korea
Panmunjom
Buildings and structures completed in 1969
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