#ussouth-korea-relations

#ussouth-korea-relations

Mr. Eisenhower was determined to bring an end to the Korean War, that took the lives of tens of thousands of U.S. and South Korean military personnel and civilians. On July 27, 1953, the Korean Armistice Agreement was signed, halting the fighting, although the war continues till this day. The result was a 2.5-mile buffer zone, separating the two Koreas. The decades that followed the Korean War were tense, with a belligerent North Korea continuing to threaten and provoke South Korea.