Korean War Time Line June 1950 to July 1953 16. Position of Forces in July 1953
The Demilitarized Zone runs northeast of the 38th parallel; to the south, it
travels west. The old Korean capital city of Kaesong, site of the armistice
negotiations, originally lay in the pre-war ROK, but now is in the DPRK. The
United Nations Command, supported by the United States, the North Korean
People's Army, and the Chinese People's Volunteers, signed the Armistice
Agreement on 27 July 1953 to end the fighting. The Armistice also called upon
the governments of South Korea, North Korea, China and the United States to
participate in continued peace talks. The war is considered to have ended at
this point, even though there was no peace treaty. North Korea nevertheless
claims that it won the Korean War.
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