DMZ=Demiliterized Zone
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The Geneva Accords divided Korea in 1954
Divided at the 17th parallel in 54/55.
All areas outside of the Communist countries. South of the 38th Parallel in Korea. South of the 17th Parallel in Vietnam. West of the East/West German line, etc.
The 17th parallel is the line of latitude 17 degrees North of the Equator. I'm not sure of any particular significance to WWII directly; it was where Vietnam was divided into North and South (in the mid-1950s) though, which might be what you're thinking of.
When the Geneva Accords divided up the country following the end of the French Indochina War in 1954/55, the communists took the lands north of the 17th Parallel, and the free world occupied the country south of the 17th Parallel; the US was involved immediately at that time.