President Rinkēvičs visits border zone in Korea / Article

The purpose of the visit was “to directly gain insight and understanding of the current situation in the demilitarized zone, taking into account North Korea’s involvement in the aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine,” according to a release from the presidential chancellery.

The Demilitarized Zone is a strip of land 4 kilometers wide and 250 kilometers long that roughly splits the Korean Peninsula in half and is intended as a buffer zone between North and South Korea. It was established in the wake of the Korean War in 1953. 

The President’s office also noted the fact that four Latvians gave their lives as part of the US Army in the Korean War: Aivars Kārlis Salenieks, Bruno Glazers, Rūdolfs Liepa and Jānis Krūmiņš.

The President visited a museum about the zone where he saw exhibits including the one below.