Peace House

For other uses, see Peace House (disambiguation).
Peace House
The Peace House, as seen from the House of Freedom, with the Sunken Garden in the foreground.
Korean name
Hangul
Hanja
平和의 집
Revised RomanizationPyeonghwaui jip
McCune–ReischauerP'yŏnghwaŭi chip

The Peace House (House of Peace or Home of Peace) is a venue for peace talks between North and South Korea. The building is situated in the Joint Security Area on the south side of the Military Demarcation Line bisecting the area. It is under the jurisdiction of the United Nations Command.[1]

Map of the Joint Security Area in Panmunjom. The Peace House is shown on the map as "Home of Peace"
  Military Demarcation Line
  Buildings under North Korean administration
  Under joint U.N./South Korean administration

The Peace House is a three-story structure built in December 1989, with construction completing on December 19, 1989. The floor layout, which adds up to 998 square metres (10,740 sq ft), is as follows:[2]

  • First floor: a pair of rooms used mainly for press conferences and lower-level meetings.
  • Second floor: dedicated, for the most part, to an elaborate conference room
  • Third floor: two rooms, one dedicated for luncheons and dinners

The building is intended for non-military purposes, with the most notable usage being the April 2018 inter-Korean summit.[3][4][5]

The building is equipped with closed-circuit television and microphones, allowing real time audio and video monitoring of the facility at the South Korean presidential office in Seoul.

  1. ^ "Pyongyang, Seoul to hold working-level talks at Panmunjom tomorrow; second dialogue between two Koreas in a week". World Reuters. Firstpost. 2018-01-14. Retrieved 2018-03-16.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference NPR 04-26-2018 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Panmunjom tour - Introduction to JSA". Tour Dmz. 1976-08-18. Retrieved 2018-03-14.
  4. ^ Current time Timeline Multimedia FAQ Museum exhibit (2018-03-05). "The inter-Korean agreement and Pyongyang's offer to Trump | Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists". Thebulletin.org. Archived from the original on 2018-04-26. Retrieved 2018-03-14.
  5. ^ Will Ripley (January 7, 2018). Talks between Koreas happening at Peace House (video). CNN.