CHURCH: Slowly but surely, North and South Korea are demilitarizing what's long been considered one of the most dangerous borders on earth. They have already removed all weapons and ammunition from the joint security area, the spot where soldiers, from both sides, have long stood face to face, guns, at the ready, the next step, a no-fly zone over the DMZ that takes effect on Thursday. CNN's Paula Hancocks joins us now, live from Seoul, with more on this. So, Paula, is this one step closer to the signing of a formal and official peace declaration, and if it is, then, how does the United States feel about that?</s>PAULA HANCOCKS, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Well, Rosemary, this is certainly what North and South Korea would like, that this is the steppingstone to be able to declare the end of the Korean War. But it's one step before that. It's part of the military agreement that was signed or agreed to, by the two leaders, Moon Jae-in and Kim Jong-un, just last month, in Pyongyang, in the North Korean capital, at their third summit. And what it means is, as of today, November 1st, all hostile activities will cease between the two Koreas. It includes this no-fly zone that you've mentioned. It is up to 40 kilometres from the MDL, this is the military demarcation line which is between North and South Korea. So, that will be for drones, for helicopters, for any kind of aircraft, not for commercial aircraft, though. They've also said that they're not going to have any kind of field training or live fire drills, up to about five kilometres, from this MDL. So, it's really just ratifying that agreement from last month.</s>CHURCH: All right. Paula Hancocks, bring us up-to-date on that story from Seoul, in South Korea. And thanks so much for watching CNN NEWSROOM, I'm Rosemary Church. "WORLD SPORT" is up next. Then I'll be back with another hour of news from around the world. You're watching CNN. Stay with us.
No-Fly Zone over Korean DMZ Takes Effect Thursday