On Aug. 26, the ruling Democratic Party of Korea (DPK)'s Policy Committee Chair Han Jeong-ae introduced a proposed law titled the “Support for Peaceful Use of the DMZ (Demilitarized Zone).” The bill would allow peaceful non-military visits to the DMZ without prior approval from the United Nations Command (UNC). At present, all entry into the DMZ, regardless of purpose, requires UNC authorization. Han argues that this requirement unnecessarily restricts peaceful use and infringes on South Korean sovereignty, particularly because much of the DMZ south of the Military Demarcation Line lies on territory administered by the Republic of Korea. Under the proposal, access would be approved by South Korea’s Ministry of Unification, separate from the military provisions of the Armistice Agreement. At first glance, the bill appears reasonable, even constructive. Who could object to peaceful use of one of the world’s most symbolically charged borders? Yet this framing obscures a deeper problem. The DMZ is not governed primarily by domestic administrative law or sovereignty claims. It is g