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The Korean War (25 June 1950 – 27 July 1953) was an armed conflict on the Korean Peninsula fought between North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea; DPRK) and South Korea (Republic of Korea; ROK) and their allies.
Mosaic depicting Kim Il-sung and KPA generals during Korean War. By mid-December 1950, the United States was discussing terms for an agreement to end the Korean War. [9] The desired agreement would end the fighting, provide assurances against its resumption, and protect the future security of UNC forces. [10]
The Korean Armistice Agreement was signed after three years of war. The two sides agreed to create a 4-kilometre-wide (2.5-mile) buffer zone between the states, known as the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ). This new border, reflecting the territory held by each side at the end of the war, crossed the 38th parallel diagonally.
Read CNN’s Fast Facts about the Korean War. Although hostilities ceased in 1953, there has been no formal end to the war. Read CNN’s Fast Facts about the Korean War. Although hostilities ...
The 70th anniversary of the Korean War, sometimes called “the Forgotten War” in the United States, is being met with calls for a formal end. ... D.C., to call for a real end to the Korean War ...
The "limited war" or "proxy war" strategy was a feature of conflicts such as the Vietnam War and the Soviet War in Afghanistan, as well as wars in Angola, Greece, and the Middle East. In the aftermath of the war, the United States funneled significant aid to South Korea under the auspices of the United Nations Korean Reconstruction Agency .
See Korean War for details of belligerents during the war. The Korean conflict is an ongoing conflict based on the division of Korea between North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea) and South Korea (Republic of Korea), both of which claim to be the sole legitimate government of all of Korea.
The Korean War also led to other long-lasting effects. Until the war, the US had largely abandoned the government of Chiang Kai-shek, which had retreated to Taiwan, and had no plans to intervene in the Chinese Civil War. The start of the Korean War rendered untenable any policy that would have caused Taiwan to fall under PRC control.