Panmunjom
English
Etymology
From Korean 판문점 (panmunjeom)/板門店 (“Paper-document place”).
Proper noun
Panmunjom
- A tiny, uninhabited hamlet in Korea, in the center of the demilitarized zone, where the North and South Korean governments meet.
- The Armistice meetings held at Panmunjom from 1951 to 1953 resulted in the cessation of hostilities in the peninsula.