Panmunjom

English

Etymology

From Korean 판문점(板門店) (Panmunjeom).

Proper noun

Panmunjom

1. A tiny, uninhabited hamlet in Korea, in the center of the demilitarized zone, where the North and South Korean governments meet.

   The Armistice meetings held at Panmunjom from 1951 to 1953 resulted in the cessation of hostilities in the peninsula.

   • 2017 July 17, “South Korean President Moon Jae-In calls for rare talks with North”, in DW News‎^[1], archived from the original on July 17, 2017, News‎^[2]:

     South Korea's defense ministry called Monday for formal talks with its northern neighbor to be held on July 21 at Tongilgak, a North Korean building in the border town of Panmunjom where prior inter-Korea talks have been held.

   • 2023 July 18, AP, “US citizen crosses border from South Korea into North Korea”, in The Guardian‎^[3], →ISSN:

     Panmunjom, located inside the demilitarised zone (DMZ), was created at the close of the Korean war. Bloodshed and gunfire have occasionally occurred there, but it has also been a venue for numerous talks and a popular tourist spot.

   • 2023 August 16, “Pyongyang says US soldier who crossed border has sought asylum in North Korea”, in EFE‎^[4], archived from the original on September 30, 2023‎^[5]:

     “Travis King, second class private of the US army in South Korea, illegally intruded into the territory of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea in the joint security area of Panmunjom,” said KCNA.

2. (metonymically) The Joint Security Area.

Synonyms

• (from Mandarin Chinese) Banmendian

Translations

Translations

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: please add this translation if you can

  Mandarin: 板門店 / 板门店 (zh) (Bǎnméndiàn)

• Japanese: 板門店 (はんもんてん, Hanmonten)
• Korean: 판문점(板門店) (Panmunjeom)
• Vietnamese: Bàn Môn Điếm (板門店)