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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Business
Rob McBride

Thaw in Korean relations triggers price surge along DMZ

Thaw in Korean relations triggers price surge along DMZ

Improving relations between North and South Korea have led to a surge in property prices along the Demilitarised Zone (DMZ) that separates the two countries.

A threefold increase in property transactions, with prices surging by up to a third, followed the inter-Korean summit last month.

A previous inter-Korean summit in 2007 also saw a spike in border property prices, only to fall back again as relations soured.

 

Al Jazeera's Rob McBride reports from the South Korean town of Paju, near the DMZ border.

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