The two Koreas began destroying 20 guard posts along their heavily-fortified frontier Sunday under a plan to reduce tensions on the border.
Under an agreement made between their generals in late October, North and South Korea agreed to each remove 10 posts and preserve one on either side of the frontier.
The militaries on Sunday began destroying the 20 border guard posts in the Demilitarsed Zone dividing the two Koreas after withdrawing troops and equipment from them, Yonhap news agency reported, citing Seoul’s defence ministry.
South Korea has around 60 such posts along the rest of the border while the North has about 160, Yonhap said.
The border truce village of Panmunjom — or the Joint Security Area (JSA) — is the only spot along the tense, 250-kilometre (155-mile) frontier where soldiers from the two Koreas and the
US-led UN Command stand face to face.