South Korea Approves Group’s Plan to March Across DMZ

South Korea will allow a group of female activists to cross the Demilitarized Zone, South Korea’s Unification Ministry said Friday. Some 40 members of the WomenCrossDMZ, including prominent U.S. feminist Gloria Steinem, plan to march from North Korea to South Korea by crossing the heavily fortified zone May 24 to “call for an end to the Korean War.” The Unification Ministry said, however, it might not allow the group to pass through the truce village of Panmunjom, as the group is...

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