Panmunjom (United Security Zone), the northernmost point of South Korea, is in the middle of the Demilitarized Zone, which extends 2 km to the south and north of the 38th parallel. Throughout the zone, which prohibits the storage or transportation of any kind of weapon, the Panmunjom point is the only corridor connecting the two states.
The American weekly Time magazine included the Panmunjom item on the list of 25 recommended places to visit in Asia . Time Magazine compares the visit of Panmunjom to a trip during the Cold War with its symbol - the Berlin Wall, describing it as a place where one can observe near the North Korean soldiers and visit A few meters from the forbidden land . In addition, according to Time magazine, another reason to visit this place is that Panmunjom is the only surviving symbol of the division of the world from the time of the Cold War to the present day , and only after visiting here you can understand the grief of the Korean people, divided by the 38th parallel .
Among other attractions Time mentions the Tokyo Stadium Tokyo, the Great Wall in Kabul, the beaches of Boracay Island in the Philippines and other famous places.
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