military demarcation line
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.79 in modern English
33
Scrabble Score
23
Letters
7
Syllables
12
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A line forming the boundary separating North Korea and South Korea.
Example Sentences
- "South Korea's defense ministry called Monday for formal talks with its northern neighbor to be held on July 21 at Tongilgak, a North Korean building in the border town of Panmunjom where prior inter-Korea talks have been held. "We make the proposal for a meeting... aimed at stopping all hostile activities that escalate military tension along the land border" that is also the Military Demarcation Line between the long-hostile neighbors, the ministry announced in a statement."
- "Closed-circuit television footage released by the U.S. military shows Oh driving a jeeplike vehicle southward before it got stuck in a ditch yards away from the Military Demarcation Line that has formed the border between North Korea and South Korea since the end of the Korean War."
- "Panmunjom is sliced in two by the Military Demarcation Line. The summit meeting site in Panmunjom, the Peace House, is technically on the South Korean side of the line."
- "A U.S. National on a JSA orientation tour crossed, without authorization, the Military Demarcation Line into the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK). We believe he is currently in DPRK custody and are working with our KPA counterparts to resolve this incident."
Inflected Forms
the Military Demarcation Line (canonical)