Panmon Hall

The Phanmun Pavilion is a North Korean building located in the northern part of the Joint Security Area in Panmunjom. Built in September 1969, the building functions as North Korea's equivalent to the House of Freedom which is located 80 metres to the south, on the South Korean side of the Military Demarcation Line.

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Type: Building
Description: building in Panmunjeom
Also known as: “Phanmun Pavilion”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Joint Security Area and Inter-Korean House of Freedom.

Joint Security Area

Military installation

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The Joint Security Area is the only portion of the Korean Demilitarized Zone where North and South Korean forces stand face-to-face. The JSA is used by the two Koreas for diplomatic engagements and, until March 1991, was also the site of military negotiations between North Korea and the United Nations Command. Joint Security Area is situated 230 metres west of Panmon Hall.

Inter-Korean House of Freedom

Building

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The House of Freedom is a four-story building located in the southern part of Panmunjom. It stands opposite to its North Korean equivalent, the Phanmun Pavilion. Inter-Korean House of Freedom is situated 130 metres southwest of Panmon Hall.

Bridge of No Return

Bridge

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Located in the Joint Security Area, the "Bridge of No Return" crosses the Military Demarcation Line between North Korea and South Korea. Bridge of No Return is situated 620 metres west of Panmon Hall.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Panmunjeom and Daeseong-dong.

Panmunjeom

Photo: Kok Leng Yeo, CC BY 2.0.

Panmunjeom, also P'anmunjŏm, is on the demarcation line between North and South Korea. It is a living relic of the Cold War era. It can only be visited on an organized tour.

Daeseong-dong

Village

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Daeseong-dong is a village in South Korea close to the North Korean border. It lies within the Korean Demilitarized Zone. The village is about 1.6 kilometres south of the Bridge of No Return, and 12 km from the city of Kaesong, North Korea.

Kijong-dong

Hamlet

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Kijŏng-dong, Kijŏngdong, Kijŏng tong or Kaepoong is a Potemkin village in P'yŏnghwa-ri, Panmun-guyok, Kaesong Special City, North Korea. It is situated in the North's half of the Korean Demilitarized Zone.

Panmon Hall

Category: border checkpoint
Location: Gunnae-myeon, Paju, Gyeonggi, South Korea, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude

37.95629° or 37° 57′ 23″ north

Longitude

126.67757° or 126° 40′ 39″ east

Levels

Operator

Democratic People’s Republic of Korea

Open location code

8Q98XM4H+G2

OpenStreetMap ID

way 348722806

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

Wikidata ID

Q54322022

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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Thai—“Panmon Hall” goes by many names.

Asturian: “Pabellón Phanmun”
Chinese: “板門閣”
Chinese: “板门阁”
Czech: “Pchanmungak”
Dutch: “Panmungak”
French: “Pavillon Phanmun”
Hungarian: “Phanmun Pavilon”
Indonesian: “Paviliun Phanmun”
Japanese: “板門閣”
Korean: “판문각”
Portuguese: “Pavilhão Phanmun”
Russian: “павильон Пханмунгак”
Thai: “ศาลาพันมุน”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Peace House and Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission Camp.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: UNCMAC Conference Building and Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission.

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