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Two Koreas to begin field survey on shared use of Han/Imjin River Estuary

Move will turn region into "a place of peace," Seoul says
Dagyum Ji November 5, 2018
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Two Koreas to begin field survey on shared use of Han/Imjin River Estuary
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Seoul and Pyongyang are on Monday scheduled to begin a field survey on the shared use of the Han/Imjin River Estuary aimed at ensuring the safe navigation of civilian vessels.

The South Korean Ministry of National Defense (MND) and Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries (MOF) on Monday said the two Koreas would conduct the joint investigation in accordance with September’s inter-Korean military agreement.

September saw the two sides agree to “devise military assurance measures” to create a 70 kilometer long joint use zone within the Han/Imjin River Estuary.

General-level military talks in October at Panmunjom then saw the two agree toconduct the

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