panmunjom

As proper nouns the difference between korea and panmunjom

is that korea is an ancient country in East Asia. Since World War II, Korea has been divided into two sovereign states, commonly called South Korea and North Korea in the US, or Korea and North Korea in the UK while Panmunjom is a tiny, uninhabited hamlet in Korea, in the center of the demilitarized zone, where the North and South Korean governments meet.

As a noun hamlet

is (biochemistry) a protein complex of alpha-lactalbumin and oleic acid that induces apoptosis in tumor cells, but not in healthy cells.

As a proper noun panmunjom is

a tiny, uninhabited hamlet in korea, in the center of the demilitarized zone, where the north and south korean governments meet.