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For the first time in decades, the 1953 truce village between North and South Korea will be weapons-free by Saturday. The two Koreas agreed last month to remove arms from Panmunjom, officially known as the Joint Security Area. Armed soldiers from the North and the U.S.-led United Nations Command have glowered at each other across the frontier since the 1953 armistice that ended the fighting in Korea. As soon as North and South Korean defense officials and U.N. experts verify the village is now weapons-free, 35 unarmed guards will patrol the crossing and visitors and tourists will once again have "freedom of movement." Panmunjom had been a neutral zone, where visitors could walk around freely, until 1976 when North Korean forces opened fire on a work party chopping down a tree, killing two U.S. soldiers. Both sides completed removing landmines from the Joint Security Area last week. North and South Korea are still technically at war. A peace treaty has never been signed, only an armistice. But talks between South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un have led to warmer ties and greater cooperation. 南北韩之间的板门店在1953年停战后，将在本周六成为无武装区，这是数十年来的第一次。 朝鲜和韩国上个月同意在官方称为联合安全区的板门店解除武装。 自1953年的停战协议使得朝鲜战争进入休战以来，朝鲜士兵和以美国为首的联合国军司令部的武装士兵们一直在边境上互相怒目而视。 | 
