A South Korean soldier, left, and United Nations Command soldiers stand guard at Joint Security Area of the inter-Korean truce village of Panmunjom, Oct. 4, 2022. AFP-Yonhap
North Korea has installed screens around its building inside the inter-Korean truce village of Panmunjom to block it from public view, apparently for ongoing renovation work, military sources said Monday.
The screens covering the Panmungak facility, located on the northern side of the Joint Security Area (JSA), were erected in April in what appeared to be part of renovation efforts, military sources with knowledge of the matter said.
The North had put up screens around the building for renovation work in the past.
Panmungak, built in 1969, sits 80 meters north of the Military Demarcation Line within the Demilitarized Zone separating the two Koreas. It directly faces South Korea's Freedom House in the JSA.
