Plan to Manage Tourism to Panmunjeom Plan to Manage Tourism to Panmunjeom 1

Tensions between South and North Korea persisted from October 1966 to the end of August 1967 at the Military Demarcation Line (MDL). Visits to Panmunjeom were fully discontinued from August 28, 1967, but reopening Panmunjeom was discussed in June 1969 upon the request of the Korea Tourism Organization and the Ministry of Transportation.