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]
The Peace House is a three-story structure built in December 1989, with construction completing 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
January 15, 2018, Kwon Hyok Bong, director of the Arts and Performance Bureau in North Korea's Culture Ministry, and Hyon Song-wol, North Korea's deputy chief delegate for the talks, met with their South Korean counterparts to discuss inter-Korean participation in the 2018 Winter Olympics.[7][8]