Korean War

Subject – IR

Context – South Korea: End to Korean War agreed to in principle

Concept –

The Korean War lasted from 1950 to 1953.
North and South Korea have technically been at war ever since – backed by China and the US respectively – and locked in a tense relationship.
The war began with an incursion across the 38th parallel, the boundary between North and South Korea, by 75,000 troops from the Communist North in June 1950.
American troops supporting the South joined the war in the following months and the North Koreans, supported by China and the USSR, were pushed back.
A bloody stalemate ensued and an armistice was signed between the US and North Korea in July 1953.