| Peace House | |
 The Peace House, as seen from the House of Freedom, with the Sunken Garden in the foreground. | |
| Korean name | |
|---|---|
| Hangul | 평화의집 |
| Hanja | 平和의집 |
| Revised Romanization | Pyeonghwaui jip |
| McCune–Reischauer | P'yŏnghwaŭi chip |
The Peace House (House of Peace or Home of Peace) is a venue for peace talks between North and South Korea. The building is situated in the Joint Security Area on the south side of the Military Demarcation Line bisecting the area. It is under the jurisdiction of the United Nations Command. [1]
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The Peace House is a three-story building whose construction completed on December 19, 1989. The floor layout, which adds up to 998 square metres (10,740 sq ft), is as follows: [2]
- First floor: a pair of rooms used mainly for press conferences and lower-level meetings.
- Second floor: dedicated, for the most part, to an elaborate conference room
- Third floor: two rooms, one dedicated for luncheons and dinners
The building is intended for non-military purposes, with the most notable usage being the April 2018 inter-Korean summit. [3] [4] [5]
The building is equipped with closed-circuit television and microphones, allowing real time audio and video monitoring of the facility at the South Korean presidential office in Seoul.
