Camp Bonifas Panmunjom

... being Checkpoint Charlie, which are separated by fences and barricades that the bus must weave in and out of. First stop was Camp Bonifas, a small collection of buildings surrounded by triple coils of razor wire just south of the DMZ. About 5000 U.S. and ...

... 2pm before we finally passed over the Unification Bridge and had our passports checked.  About ten minutes later we arrived at JSA Camp Bonifas.  This was the main US base on the border, and we switched buses before continuing on to a small ...

... Area, whose primary mission is to monitor and enforce the Armistice agreement of 1953 between North and South Korea. Then there was a passport check before entering Camp Bonifas  Once we were in the Camp we left our bags in our bus and boarded a ...

... had to change buses and be driven by a military escort and were again briefed on appropriate behaviour. We were guests at the UN's Camp Bonifas their reassuring motto is "In Front of Them All" and after a detailed briefing we were made to sign a document ...

... very optimistic; the highways have signs pointing to Pyeongang, like any day now you'll be able to drive there. Once we got to Camp Bonifas, where the actual DMZ is and near the Military Demarcation Line (MDL), we had to take an Army-guided tour, and ...

... kilometres away from the entrance to the southern DMZ. After having our passports checked by a South Korean soldier we drove to Camp Bonifas - named after one of two US soldiers hacked to death with axes in 1976 by North Korean soldiers after the former ...

... apart from  Panmunjom, our destination) that separates north and south Korea and is open to visit as part of a UN Camp Bonifas sponsored tour- all you need is to prearrange a tour and bring your passport. Not all tours go to the negotiating ...

... the Freedom Bridge, lined with all kinds of barries and anti-vehicle blockades, ready to be used at a moments notice. We arrived at Camp Bonifas (near the JSA), and left our tour bus to view a 20 minute presentation on the JSA and its history. There ...

... one time but it started arms fire in the 1970s killing two soldiers as the north wanted the overgrown tree to obscure things. Camp Bonifas is now named after the first soldier that died video : freedom house (no filming was allowed) ...

... leaves Freedom Road - the highway connecting Seoul with the DMZ -  the drama is deliberately heightened.  On entry to Camp Bonifas, the base for the United Nations Command Security Force, you are given a security pass that identifies you as a ...