The CCL fence acts more as a deterrent for South Korean civilians from getting too close to the dangerous DMZ and is also the final barrier for North Korean infiltrators if they get past the Southern Limit Line DMZ fence.

May 27, 2023 · As the pandemic began, North Korea moved to seal its northern borders, tightening control over informal trade routes and making escape harder for defectors. The new security features include...

Jun 20, 2024 · North Korea is building sections of what appears to be a wall in several places near its border with South Korea, new satellite images reveal.

Mar 8, 2024 · Since the start of the Covid pandemic, North Korea has systematically sealed the country’s borders using “expanded fences, guard posts, strict enforcement, and new rules, including a standing...

North Korea closed its border with China in January 2020. By August 2020, the regime had established a 1–2 kilometer buffer zone in front of the border where official permits were required to enter; trespassers would be "fired at without warning".

Jun 25, 2024 · Seventy-four years after the Korean War began, North Korean troops are building new fortifications, occasionally inviting warning shots from South Korean counterparts across a border that...

Nov 25, 2020 · A North Korean defector has left authorities in the South baffled after claiming to have vaulted over an almost 10ft high fence during his audacious escape.

Nov 17, 2023 · North Korea has built an extensive barrier around the entirety of Pyongyang since the start of the pandemic, analysis of satellite imagery shows, in what experts say appears to be a massive effort to control the spread of disease and limit access to …

Dec 7, 2023 · Exclusive new photos from the China-North Korea frontier reveal that China has continued to expand security infrastructure at key points for cross-border exchange this year, measures that when combined with new fencing on the DPRK side will make defections and smuggling even more difficult.

Nov 21, 2024 · Since then, Pyongyang has built hundreds of kilometres of new or upgraded border fences, walls and guard posts, commercial satellite imagery shows, enabling it to tighten the flow of...