demarcation line

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demarcation line - the boundary of a specific area

edge - the outside limit of an object or area or surface; a place farthest away from the center of something; "the edge of the leaf is wavy"; "she sat on the edge of the bed"; "the water's edge"

boundary, bounds, bound - the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something

city limit, city limits - the limits of the area occupied by a city or town

upper limit - the limit on the upper (or northernmost) side of something

lower limit - the limit on the lower (or southernmost) side of something

three-mile limit - the limit of a nation's territorial waters

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0768 of the Military Demarcation Line in the eastern sector of the front dozens of meters close to the area of the DPRK side,'' the official Korean Central News Agency said.

N. Korea accuses South of shifting marker along demarcation line

North Korea had interrupted travel between the demarcation line several times after the United States launched a military exercise with South Korea on March 9, a war game denounced by Pyongyang as a preparation for an invasion.

N. Korea reopens military hotline with S. Korea

These flights were accompanied by intensive patrols for the Isreali enemy along the demarcation line from Al-Ghajjar in the west until Jabal El-Sheikh hills in the east ," the report added, while as a technical Israeli team checked for half an hour the electronic system installed on the border barbwire at Al- Aabasiyeh- Wadi El Aasel(Honey Valley) at the western parts of occupied Shebaa farms.

Security - Israeli army maneuvers in eastern sector

Cabinet Affairs Minister Kamal Ahmed said The demarcation line is a crucial step to promote sustained development and turn Tubli Bay into a tourism destination and environmental haven.

BAHRAIN : Bahrain PM urges for timely completion of funded projects

According to informed sources, the Japanese man in his early 40s was spotted near a South Korean military guard post in the northeastern province of Gangwon, near the military demarcation line between the two Koreas.

LEAD: Japanese man detained after trying to cross into N. Korea

In the document, Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi and Russian President Boris Yeltsin agreed to set up a panel to discuss a demarcation line regarding the disputed Russian-held islands -- Etorofu, Kunashiri, Shikotan and the Habomai group of islets -- off Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido.

DPJ welcomes Moscow Declaration, seeks further steps

The green line is demarcation line established in 1949 Armistice agreements between armies of Israel and neighboring countries - Jordan, Lebanon, Syria and Egypt - after 1948 Arab-Israeli war.

Israeli authorities approve new housing units NW Jerusalem

at El-Ghajjar- Abbasyyeh axis, accompanied by flight of an Israeli drone over the demarcation line of this sector, National News Agency correspondent, Taher Abu Hamdan, reported.

Security - Israeli army moves at Abbasyyeh axis

North Korea threatened Wednesday to ''strictly restrict and cut off'' overland passage through the military demarcation line with South Korea from December, saying Seoul is taking a policy of confrontation toward Pyongyang.

3RD LD: N. Korea threatens to cut off overland passage from S. Korea

Russian President Boris Yeltsin has proposed in his talks with Japanese Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi that a peace treaty, to be signed by 2000 in accordance with the joint Moscow Declaration, will include drawing a demarcation line to resolve a dispute over Russian-held islands, official sources said Friday.

Yeltsin proposes peace pact include demarcation line

TOKYO, July 14 (KUNA) -- North Korea fired about one hundred artillery shells into the East Sea (Sea of Japan) from a place close to the military demarcation line on Monday, the Seoul-based Yonhap News Agency reported, citing a South Korean military official.

N. Korea fires 100 artillery shells

Gunfire and explosions were heard from the southern outskirts of occupied Shebaa farms, in addition to reconnaissance flights over the demarcation line.