End of the Korean War

After two years of negotiations, the United Nations and North Korea conclude a cease fire agreement on 27 July 1953 in Panmunjom. The accord brings an end to the continuous military actions between American-led UN troops and Chinese and North Korean armies which have occurred since 1950. The course of the front along the 38th parallel – the starting point of the war – is confirmed as the de-facto border between Communist-ruled North Korea and the pro-Western Republic of South Korea. By the end of the Korean War, UN troops have sustained 150,000 casualties. Communist losses are supposedly ten times as high.

© lifeinasia The Joined Security Area at the frontier between North and South Korea was the meeting place of the Military Armistice Commission. The meetings took place in several tents set up on the south side of the Kaesong-Seoul road

© lifeinasia The Panmunjom area along the 38th parallel: the red line (MDL) marks the frontier between North and South which crosses the negotiation tables inside the barracks