Key events since the beginning of the Korean War, set to mark 67th anniversary of armistice

Record ID: 1563801

  • Title: Key events since the beginning of the Korean War, set to mark 67th anniversary of armistice
  • Date: 24th July 2020
  • Summary: The intermittent six-party talks brought together China, Japan, Russia, both Koreas and the United States. The group reached an agreement in September 2005 under which the North agreed to abandon its nuclear programme in exchange for economic and diplomatic incentives to be provided by other parties. The talks and the agreement were a diplomatic trophy for Beijing. BEIJING
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  • Keywords: Donald Trump Hanoi summit Kim Jong Un Korea Korean War Moon Jae-in North Korea South Korea anniversary armistice file military drill missile launch nuclear test summit
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  • Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Military Conflicts
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    North and South Korea are set to mark the 67th anniversary of the armistice that ceased the 1950-53 Korean War on Monday (July 27).
    The conflict started in 1950 when communist North Korean troops launched a surprise attack across the 38th parallel into South Korea. U.S.-led United Nations forces battled Chinese- and Soviet-backed North Korea, in which 3 million soldiers and civilians were killed and 5 million became refugees.
    The Korean War ended roughly where it started - near the 38th parallel. The armistice signed on July 27, 1953 stipulated that both sides withdraw their forces two kilometres from there to form a Demilitarised Zone (DMZ). The zone remains the world's most heavily-fortified frontier, with about one million troops stationed on each side.
    North Korea calls July 27, 1953, when the armistice was signed, its "Day of Victory in the Great Fatherland Liberation War" and blames U.S. military presence in the South for the confrontation on the peninsula.
    In June, North Korea blew up a joint liaison office set up in a border town in 2018 to foster better ties with South Korea after threatening military action if defectors continued with a campaign of sending propaganda leaflets into the reclusive North.
    It was a major setback to efforts by South Korean President Moon Jae-in to coax North Korea into cooperation and also appeared to be a further blow to U.S. President Donald Trump's hopes of persuading Pyongyang to give up its nuclear weapons.
    (Production: Minwoo Park)
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