South Korean business daily
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The Asia Business Daily (아시아경제) · South Korea · Seoul eases border curbs while the North walls and mines the DMZ to its edge
Reports (22 June 2026) the JCS confirming North Korean barbed-wire fences as close as 80m to the Military Demarcation Line and mine-clearing 5–10m from it — the closest such work yet. Fencing now runs along about a third of the MDL, with tactical roads behind it; what was thought to need four-plus years could finish in two to three.
“North Korea has installed barbed-wire fences as close as 80 metres from the Military Demarcation Line and cleared ground for mines just 5 to 10 metres from it. (trans.)”