Korean Armistice Agreement

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The Korean Armistice Agreement is the 1953 ceasefire accord that halted open hostilities on the Korean Peninsula and established the Demilitarized Zone between North and South Korea.


Statements (50)
Predicate Object
instanceOf armistice agreement
ceasefire accord
international treaty
alsoKnownAs Armistice Agreement for the Restoration of the South Korean State
Korean War Armistice
conflict Korean War
containsProvision ceasefire along the Military Demarcation Line
exchange of prisoners of war
prohibition of new military installations in the DMZ
withdrawal of forces from the Demilitarized Zone
created Korean Demilitarized Zone
dateSigned 1953-07-27
effect continued technical state of war on the Korean Peninsula
suspension of active combat operations in the Korean War
established Demilitarized Zone between North Korea and South Korea
Military Demarcation Line
language Chinese
English
Korean
legalNature armistice not peace treaty
lengthOfDMZ approximately 250 kilometers
locationSigned Korea
Panmunjom
mandatedBody Military Armistice Commission
Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission
negotiationDuration approximately two years
negotiationStartYear 1951
nonSignatoryParty Republic of Korea
partiesInvolved China
North Korea
South Korea
United States
purpose to create a buffer zone between opposing forces
to establish a ceasefire in the Korean War
to establish a military demarcation line
to halt open hostilities on the Korean Peninsula
region Korean Peninsula
relatedTo Korean Demilitarized Zone
Panmunjom truce village
inter-Korean relations
replacedBy none
signatory Chinese People's Volunteers
Korean People's Army
United Nations Command
signedByRepresentativeOf Chinese General Peng Dehuai
North Korean General Nam Il
United States Army General Mark W. Clark
status in force
widthOfDMZ approximately 4 kilometers
yearSigned 1953

Referenced by (15)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Korean Armistice Agreement ("Armistice Agreement for the Restoration of the South Korean State")
Korean Armistice Agreement ("Korean War Armistice")
alsoKnownAs
Military Demarcation Line
Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission
establishedBy
Military Armistice Commission
Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission ("Korean Armistice Agreement Article II")
legalBasis
Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission ("inter-Korean armistice")
conflictTypeMonitored
Military Armistice Commission ("Korean Armistice regime")
operatesUnder
Nam Il ("Korean War armistice negotiations")
participantIn
Mark W. Clark ("Korean Armistice negotiations")
participatedIn
Panmunjom
relatedAgreement
Korean War
result
Military Demarcation Line ("Korean War armistice")
resultOf
Panmunjom ("Korean Armistice Agreement signing")
significantEvent
Korean War
treaty

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