Demilitarized Zone Research Articles

Satellite Tracking of White‐naped Crane Migration and the Importance of the Korean Demilitarized Zone

Satellite‐tracking of 15 White‐naped Cranes (Grus vipio) from their Japanese wintering grounds through the Korean Peninsula shows that there are four important regions for conserving migrant cranes: the Three Rivers Plain, the People’s Republic of China; Lake Khanka, Russia; Kumya, North Korea; and—most importantly—the demilitarized zone of the Korean Peninsula. Two sites along the Korean demilitarized zone, Panmunch’om and Ch’olwon, were the most heavily used stopover sites, and they present complex international conservation challenges. Cranes stopped at these sites for up to 87.1% of their total migration time; cranes migrating to Zhalong Nature Reserve, China, made it their only lengthy stop. We report the migration routes and the importance of the identified stopover sites, and we outline conservation issues at those sites.

Issues of Arms Control between the Two Koreas

Research Article| April 01 1992 Issues of Arms Control between the Two Koreas Tong Whan Park Tong Whan Park Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Asian Survey (1992) 32 (4): 350–365. https://doi.org/10.2307/2645151 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Twitter LinkedIn Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Tong Whan Park; Issues of Arms Control between the Two Koreas. Asian Survey 1 April 1992; 32 (4): 350–365. doi: https://doi.org/10.2307/2645151 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search nav search search input Search input auto suggest search filter All ContentAsian Survey Search This content is only available via PDF. Copyright 1992 The Regents of the University of California Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.

Between academic and commercial publishers: "An ill-defined demilitarized zone"

Between academic and commercial publishers: "An ill-defined demilitarized zone"

Japanese-Korean Relations in the 1980s

Because of geographic proximity and historical and cultural ties, Korea occupies an important position in the conduct of Japan's foreign relations. In the postwar period, the importance of the Korean peninsula to Japan's security has been accentuated by the continuing tension and confrontation between South and North Korea. In view of their uncompromising hostility toward each other and seemingly endless arms build-up along both sides of the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), Japan regards the peninsula as the most dangerous trouble spot in East Asia, one that could again erupt into a major conflict that might engulf the entire region. More than any other major power, Japan fears the renewal of such a conflict for Japan would be drawn into it, either directly or indirectly, because of the existing security arrangements with the United States that guarantee the security of both Japan and the Republic of Korea (ROK). In view of the two Koreas' existing ties with the superpowers, a Korean conflict could escalate into a major nuclear confrontation that would imperil Japan's own security. It is the purpose of this article to examine Japan's recent Korea policy, with special emphasis on the analysis of Japanese-South Korean relations since the assassination of President Park in October 1979. Its basic contention is that the Japanese conservatives' perception of close security links between Japan and South Korea tends to strengthen Japan's existing policy for the preservation of the status quo on the peninsula in close cooperation with the United States and South Korea.

Manual of Gynecologic Surgery

After a ridiculously long period of not speaking to each other, gynecologists, surgeons, and family practitioners have outgrown their adolescence and are once again communicating. The pelvic-rim demilitarized zone has been invaded from both directions by surgeons and gynecologists. So too have family practitioners been recognized as appropriately penetrating into the realm of the gynecologist to perform vaginal procedures. This book, by a renowned gynecologist, provides an atlas as a meeting ground for all three of these specialties and will appeal to members of each. In keeping with other volumes in this series, it is gorgeously illustrated and its text is tightly edited. The first section of the book, on ambulatory surgery, will be of benefit to the generalist. It contains some wise comments about indications and procedures on problems involving the vulva, vagina, cervix, and uterus. A second section concerning laparoscopy discusses what can and cannot be anticipated by

Inter-Korean Relations: Seoul's Perspective

OF THE THREE remaining divided nations in the postVietnam War era, Korea is unquestionably the most explosive. The two Germanys have never engaged in any military conflict with each other and continue to coexist peacefully. Relations between the People's Republic of China (PRC) and Taiwan are no less tranquil, both being preoccupied with developmental goals: the PRC is vigorously pursuing its four modernizations, while Taiwan is busy trying to keep the momentum of its unprecedented economic boom. In the Korean peninsula, however, the two rival regimes not only continue to hurl insults at each other but also to confront each other along the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) with a million heavily armed troops. It is this ever-present danger of an armed conflict that makes relations between North and South Korea a matter of global significance, for a conflict between the two has the potential of escalating into a serious confrontation, even war, among the major powers, whose interests intersect in the peninsula. Their stakes are reflected in a series of bilateral mutual defense treaties linking South Korea with the U.S., and North Korea with both the Soviet Union and the PRC; in the presence of 40,000 U.S. troops in South Korea; and in the strong economic ties between Seoul on one hand and Japan and the U.S. on the other. Inter-Korean relations also have enormous implications for the internal politics and external policies of the two Koreas. In North Korea the frenetic pace of economic construction, political indoctrination, and military training has been justified in terms of building a base for the eventual reunification of the fatherland. Moreover, political turmoil in the South has been exploited by North Korea's ruling elite to divert the attention of its people from domestic problems-a tactic that has be-

The Korean Demilitarized Zone as a Nature Preserve

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South Korea 1978: The Growing Security Dilemma

ON OCTOBER 27, the United Nations Command in Korea announced the discovery of a North Korean underground invasion tunnel in the southern sector of the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) near Panmunjom.' The rocky arch-shaped tunnel, which is about 1.7 kilometers long from the northern DMZ boundary or 435 meters into the southern sector from the Military Demarcation Line (MDL), was the third North Korean-built tunnel to be discovered. The first and second tunnels had been discovered in November 1974 and March 1975, respectively, and at least a dozen more tunnels are believed to remain undetected. Considering its location and size-the tunnel was discovered less than 30 miles north of Seoul and was judged to be big enough for heavily armed troops to pass three or four abreast-the apparent purpose of the tunnel was for use as a link in the shortest invasion route to Seoul. The announcement of the tunnel's discovery was well timed to rebut the assessment made a few days earlier in Tokyo by the visiting Chinese Deputy Premier Teng Hsiao-p'ing and Japanese Prime Minister Fukuda Takeo that there was currently no war tension on the Korean peninsula. The Teng-Fukuda statement on the Korean situation and the discovery of the North Korean infiltration tunnel were two contradictory manifestations that underscored the complexity and acuteness of South Korea's security dilemma in 1978. On the one hand, China's improved relationship with Japan and the United Stateo

The mineral nitrogen content of soils under semi-natural grass stands

The content of ammonium- and nitrate-nitrogen (NH 4 - N and NO 3 - N respectively) was significantly higher in the soils of the semi-natural grass stands dominated by Miscanthus sinensis Aners. in the demilitarized zone (DMZ) than outside, but this increase was mainly restricted to the upper 0–20 cm of soil profile in the two sites. The NH 4 -N content decreased with increasing depth, but the differences between the two soils were small. However, the NO 3 -N content was substantially lower than that of NH 4 -N and the vertical variation was less. The NH 4 -N increased from April reaching a maximum in August; in September it declined sharply. The seasonal variation of the mineral nitrogen in this semi-natural ecosystem coincides with the changes in biological activity of plants affected primarily by soil temperature. The NO 3 -N content was at its maximum in spring, declining very much towards autumn and was found to be greater under grass than under forest soils in this climatic region.

The Israeli-Syrian Demilitarized Zone: An Examination of Unresolved Conflict

Abstract Political geography has long been a major field of interest for geography teachers and students. One of the most interesting areas of political geography is the study of boundaries and boundary zones. In this context, the demilitarized zone (DMZ) as a political separating agent has been one of the most controversial issues in the twentieth century. The demilitarized zone of Vietnam, Korea, and Israel all constitute major zones of tension and friction. The major reason for the instability attending these frictions is that the DMZ's were created by military armistice agreements rather than more conventional political processes. Thus the DMZ's are the product of an unresolved conflict. This geopolitical analysis of the Israel-Syrian DMZ describes how the zone was created and how it functioned between 1949 and 1967.

The Demilitarization of Mount Scopus: A Regime That Was

Under the armistice régime, now a matter of history, a peculiar legal situation prevailed in Jerusalem, for no less than four distinct régimes of demilitarization could be found in the city: the Mount Scopus régime, the régime of the Government House Area, the régime of no-man's-land, and the régime of the limitation of military forces and equipment on both sides of the demarcation lines. The object of this article is to examine one of these régimes, that which obtained on Mount Scopus.Today, the situation in Jerusalem is, of course, drastically changed, both with respect to the régime of the City as a whole, and with respect to Mount Scopus. The Jordanian attack of June 1967 resulted in a unification of this strife-torn city. Mount Scopus, for so long separated from Western Jerusalem, its humanitarian and cultural activities so long paralyzed, is slowly returning to life. The present study, which may be of interest to students of international law and relations, is of historical value only and does not relate to the current situation.The method followed will be that of a pragmatic case study. In view of the special circumstances surrounding the establishment of the Mount Scopus Demilitarized Zone, a comparative, deductive or theoretical approach would be of limited usefulness. A special effort has been made to use primary rather than secondary sources. The writer has had the opportunity to consult the diplomatic archives of the Government of Israel.