Joint Security Area A highly atmospheric mystery-drama set in the politically tense environs of Korea's DMZ, "Joint Security Area" is a timely, accessible slice of quality mainstream cinema that ...

Park Chan-wook's 2000 film Joint Security Area told a controversial story of friendship between North and South Korean soldiers Twenty-five years ago, director Park Chan-wook risked prison to make ...

A South Korean soldier stands guard inside the joint security area conference room in the border village of Panmunjom between South and North Korea at the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) on Oct. 14, 2017 ...

Joint Security Area. The first advance of the current Korean New Wave was led by films like Park Chan-wook's Joint Security Area (a.k.a. J.S.A.), which started wowing the film-festival and Asian ...

The Joint Security Area originally was a neutral area with no boundary dividing North and South, but after the ax murders, the military demarcation line was added. Around 700 U.S. and Korean ...

CHRISTINE: The Joint Security Area, also known as Panmunjom, is within the DMZ. It's the only place where soldiers from opposite sides stand face-to-face.

Joint Security Area (JSA) Directed by Park Chanwook. June 15 through 21, Two Boots Pioneer. Both a forerunner of Korean cinema’s current string of box office blockbusters like Tae Guk Gi and ...

Seoul American Middle School students visited Camp Bonifas and the Joint Security Area on the border of North and South Korea, May 18, 2012, stepping foot into North Korea.

According to 2nd Lt. Greg Gifford from the UNC Security Battalion-Joint Security Area, the training was not easy. "One might find that the weapons we were shooting were proficient," said Gifford.

A South Korean soldier stands guard at the Joint Security Area in the Demilitarized Zone, May 9, 2023. (David Choi/Stars and Stripes) ...

The Joint Security Area, also known as Panmunjom, was created as part of the 1953 armistice that halted the Korean War. Both sides have troops stationed there. Conference buildings straddle the border ...