armistice
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South Korean Defence Minister Kang Shin-chul previously said on Tuesday that the blasts were a "clear" violation of the 1953 armistice, which halted active combat in the Korean War.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
It is a preliminary assessment from a joint investigation with the United Nations Command, which enforces the armistice that ended the active hostilities of the 1950-53 Korean War.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
More than 1 million land mines are estimated to be in the DMZ, the no-man’s-land created as part of the armistice halting active hostilities in the 1950-53 Korean War.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
That's a legacy of the 1950-53 Korean War that ended with an armistice rather than a peace treaty.
From Barron's ● Aug. 16, 2026
News of the armistice spread swiftly around the world.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
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By November the central powers had been forced to sign the armistices that brought the fighting to a close in the west.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
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
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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
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These armistices served two purposes from the diplomatic point of view; first, they exhausted financially the little Balkan countries; and, secondly, they prepared public opinion for the acceptance of any peace terms.
From The New York Times Current History, A Monthly Magazine The European War, March 1915 by Various
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