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 United States stations about 28,500 troops in South Korea to bolster the country's defences, a legacy of the 1950-53 Korean War that ended with an armistice rather than a peace treaty.

From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026

The conflict between the two occupants of the Korean peninsula has been effectively frozen since an armistice was signed in 1953.

From BBC ● Aug. 15, 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

Then, the very next month, the armistice ending World War I had been signed on November 11.

From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler

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

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

After the fall of Calais a succession of armistices or truces suspended hostilities for about six years.

From Cabinet Portrait Gallery of British Worthies Volume I by Anonymous