armistice

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026

Last week, South Korea's president proposed talks with its northern neighbour on officially ending the war between the two that is technically still active since an armistice was signed in 1953.

From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026

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

From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026

Pyongyang is under multiple sets of sanctions over its nuclear programme, and the two Koreas remain technically at war because their 1950-53 conflict ended in an armistice, not a peace treaty.

From Barron's ● Jun. 19, 2026

News of the armistice spread swiftly around the world.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman

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

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

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

For it is a truth that no man can serve two masters, and least of all when, though they may sign truces and armistices and compromises, these two are enemies because of their conflicting interests.

From Tragic Sense Of Life by J. E. Crawford (John Ernest Crawford) Flitch

Yet the British Ministry are amusing the government with their delusive ideas of mediation, armistices, Congresses, peace, and anything to lay them asleep.

From The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution (Volume VI) by Various