Korean War

war between North and South Korea, 1950–1953

1954 conference took place in Geneva dealt with the aftermath of Korean War and First Indochina War

Panmunjom (also spelled Panmunjeom) was a village just north of the de facto border between North Korea and South Korea, where the 1953 Korean Armistice Agreement that ended the Korean War was signed. It was located in what is now Paju, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea, and Panmun-guyok, Kaesong, North Korea. The building where the armistice was signed still stands.

armistice signed July 27, 1953 ending hostilities in Korean War

United Nations General Assembly resolution adopted in 1950

North Korean military decoration

US occupation of Korea from 1945-1948

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1947 commission to supervise elections in Korea

United Nations resolution adopted in 1951

defunct American-owned nationalist Chinese airline

was an independent agency of the United States government whose function was to plan, coordinate, direct and control all wartime mobilization activities of the federal government

United Nations General Assembly resolution adopted in 1951

1950 conference between US President Harry S. Truman and General Douglas MacArthur to confer about the progress of the Korean War

far-right paramilitary group in South Korea

prisoner of war camp during Korean War

geographical area between North and South Korea

Haean is a township (myeon) in Yanggu County, Gangwon-do, South Korea. Haean sits in the distinctive Haean Basin (해안분지), which was nicknamed The Punchbowl by UN forces during the Korean War. The northern part of the basin lies within the Demilitarized Zone, and the area saw heavy fighting during the war.