The inter-Korean ice-breaking talks were held at Peace House, a building on the South Korean side of Panmunjom inside the four-km-wide, 250-km-long DMZ. Kim was the first DPRK leader to set foot on South Korean soil since the 1950-1953 Korean War ended in an armistice. After the m...
Since the 1950-53 Korean War ended with armistice, people of the two Koreas have been banned from contacting and meeting each other. Following the first-ever inter-Korean summit in 2000, 21 rounds of face-to-face family reunions were held, including the latest in August last year....
A Short History of Veterans Day Veterans Day was originally called Armistice Day in the United States, commemorating the signing of the agreement that ended World War I at 11:00 A.M., November 11, 1918. President Woodrow Wilson celebrated the first Armistice Day in 1919. In 1938, November ...
However, the spokesman noted that it cannot be decided upon only by the South Korean government, saying that discussions were still underway to achieve the goal. The Korean Peninsula remains in a technical state of war as the Korean War ended with an armistice, not a peace treaty....