Seoul to ease military restrictions near inter-Korean border

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• ·Civilian Control Line to be adjusted to average 6 km from MDL A checkpoint is set up near the Civilian Control Line in Paju, Gyeonggi Province, on Feb.
• ·(Hwang Joo-young/The Korea Herald) South Korea's land-use restrictions near the inter-Korean border are to be eased, opening up as much as 260 square kilometers for civilian use and development, the Ministry of National Defense said Wednesday.
• ·The move, which will ease restrictions in an area just under half the size of Seoul, is part of the Lee Jae Myung administration’s push for civil-military coexistence.
• ·Seoul is about 605 square kilometers.
• ·Under the plans, the Defense Ministry will ease military land-use restrictions near the inter-Korean border and move the Civilian Control Line closer to the Demilitarized Zone.