Korean War

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The New York City subway system makes an announcement at every stop: “Please step aside, and let the customers off the train first.” The public transit riders, the city insists, are customers before they are New Yorkers; they have a right to the train because they have paid $2.75 for…

US and Korean groups are pushing for a peace treaty to finally end the Korean War. As US denuclearization talks with North Korea have hopelessly stalled and inter-Korea tensions are rising fast, citizen groups on both sides of the Pacific hope to convince the United States to embrace a peace…

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U.S. President Donald Trump expressed unusual confidence in the South Korea-U.S. alliance on National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day, which fell on Monday. This year marks the 67th anniversary of the truce that halted the war. "Our Armed Forces continue to proudly serve side-by-side with our Korean military counterparts," Trump…

The North Korean leader handed several military leaders commemorative pistols known as 'Paektusan' to mark 67 years since the end of the Korean War, with the weapons held in front of their chestsRead More

Lee witnessed the execution of her father and brotherWhen the Korean War ended in 1953, about 50,000 South Korean prisoners of war were kept in the North. Many were forced into labouring jobs against their will. Some were killed. Now their children are fighting for recognition, writes BBC Korea's Subin…

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Editor's Note: As the world commemorates the 70th anniversary of the start of the Korean War, the Center for the National Interest’s Korean Studies team decided to ask dozens of the world’s top experts a simple question: Do you believe that the Korean War will finally come to an end before its next major…

The end of the Korean War and peace on the peninsula are no more likely to occur as the result of a peace agreement than has North Korean denuclearization occurred as the result of multiple denuclearization agreements. Ultimately, North Korean objectives matter, and real peace does not appear to be…