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Added on the 04/10/2022 06:25:35 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Scenes from a checkpoint at the Tongil bridge in Paju, the road leading to North Korea's Kaesong joint industrial complex, near the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) dividing the two Koreas. North Korea blew up an inter-Korean liaison office on its side of the border on Tuesday, triggering broad international condemnation after days of virulent rhetoric from Pyongyang. IMAGES
US President Donald Trump lands in South Korea after inviting Kim Jong Un, the leader of nuclear-armed North Korea, to an impromptu meeting in the Demilitarized Zone that divides the peninsula. IMAGES of Donald Trump arriving at Osan Air Base
A convoy carrying a delegation of South Korean officials makes its way through a checkpoint leading to the truce village of Panmunjom inside the Demilitarized Zone separating North Korea and South Korea for the first talks between the two countries since 2015. IMAGES
View of North Korea and South Korea's border area from the South's Paju city. Seoul's military said Tuesday it had fired warning shots after North Korean soldiers briefly crossed the border this week, with tensions high over Pyongyang's trash-carrying balloons and Seoul's loudspeaker propaganda campaigns. IMAGES
Images of South Korea's eastern island of Ulleungdo -- where residents were warned to seek shelter after one of Pyongyang's short-range ballistic missiles crossed the de facto maritime border. IMAGES
South Korean President Moon Jae-in and the North's ceremonial head of state Kim Yong Nam meet and shake hands ahead of the Winter Olympics opening ceremony. IMAGES
With the politically charged Winter Olympics set to kick off within days, the North Korean Olympic charm offensive is underway, spearheaded by its "army of beauties" all-female cheering squad as it arrives in South Korea to root for athletes from both sides of the peninsula. IMAGES of cheerleaders