Daeseong-dong, the only village located on the South Korean side of the DMZ, will be refurbished in cooperation between government and the private sector.

South Korean Minister of Government Administration and Home Affairs Jung Jong-sup, Paju Mayor Lee Jae-hong, Daeseong-dong village chief Kim Dong-gu and president of Habitat Korea Song Young-tae on Wednesday gathered at the village to release the cooperation plan.

“Rather than beautification and decoration, trying to recover the natural characteristics of the village is the critical point of this project, not to be an isolated island in inner land,” Hanyang University professor of architecture Jeong Jin-kouk, who