armistice

The two Koreas technically remain at war, following a 1953 armistice that suspended active hostilities.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026

The two Koreas remain technically at war because their 1950-53 war, triggered by a North Korean attack, ended with an armistice rather than a peace treaty.

From Barron's ● Aug. 10, 2026

South and North Korea are technically at war because their 1950-53 conflict ended in an armistice rather than a peace treaty.

From Barron's ● Jul. 2, 2026

This Anglo-Iraqi War ended with a British-brokered armistice.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 31, 2026

In October, Joe published a paper in which he wrote that negotiations with the government were not armistice talks in which we could dictate terms to a defeated enemy.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

It was the first time a German leader had returned to the spot where both World War I and World War II armistices were concluded.

From New York Times ● Nov. 10, 2018

So often had New Yorkers been fooled by false armistices that they were unable to believe the strike had ended until the now-unfamiliar dailies were there on the newsstands.

From Time Magazine Archive

Stuffing his script into his pocket, Harry Truman added that he wanted to give the reporters a lecture on fake stories about cease-fires and armistices.

From Time Magazine Archive

In June Ferdinand of Naples and the pope made armistices with France.

From The Political History of England - Vol. X. The History of England from the Accession of George III to the close of Pitt's first Administration by Reginald Lane Poole

“What then?” inquired Mr. Garth, who was an Englishman and knew not days, except those on which university matches were to be played or races run or armistices celebrated.

From Mystery at Geneva An Improbable Tale of Singular Happenings by Dame Rose Macaulay