South Korea Redraws Border Buffer Zone to Ease Development Rules
The overhaul would ease access and development rules across about 720 square kilometers, with phased implementation starting in 2027, officials said.
- On Wednesday, Defense Minister Ahn Gyu-back announced South Korea will significantly narrow the Civilian Control Line , moving it to an average of 6 km from the Military Demarcation Line .
- Ahn stated the adjustment plan adapts to future security environments amid shrinking military manpower while responding to years of persistent resident requests and advances in weapons systems.
- The measures ease or remove restrictions across approximately 720 square kilometers, directly affecting an estimated 20,000 residents, while lifting restrictions on roughly 450 square kilometers of the Restricted Protection Zone.
- Starting in 2027, the ministry will remove military structures lacking tactical utility from 23 locations, including Paju and Yanggu, while streamlining approval procedures for agricultural drones operating near the border.
- Ahn added that regulatory reform was "an inevitable choice" to allow the military to focus on core missions, though officials cautioned that disclosing specific locations early could trigger unintended real estate speculation.
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South Korea to shrink security buffer zone to North Korea
While the South and North Korean militaries warily eye each other across the Demilitarized Zone dividing the two countries, Seoul's Defense Ministry announced on Wednesday that farmers and residents will be allowed to access a bit more land near the heavily fortified border starting in 2027. The ministry said it would shrink the Civilian Control Line (CCL), a military-controlled buffer zone south of the border, from 10 kilometers (6.2 miles) to …
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diarioestrategia.clSouth Korean authorities have begun to withdraw restrictive measures in areas close to the North Korean border, so the population will now be able to access areas a few kilometres from the demilitarized zone that they could not reach before.South Korean Defense Minister Ahn Gyu Back has thus confirmed that the so-called Civil Control Line -- which restricts access to a distance of 10 kilometres from the heavily fortified Demilitarized Zone of Ko…
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