Panmunjom

From Korean 판문점(板門店) (Panmunjeom).

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.

   • 2023 July 18, AP, “US citizen crosses border from South Korea into North Korea”, in The Guardian‎, →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.

2. (metonymically) The Joint Security Area.

• (from Mandarin Chinese) Banmendian