| Situations |
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| Aggression of the DPRK Armed Forces |
DPRK Armed Forces crosses the South Korean border on 04:00am, 25 Jun. 1950. The Korean War began near the Woong- Jin peninsula and extended to the east side of 38th Parallel. Alongside the breakout of the war, DPRK sweeps the ROK Forces in their way and captures Seoul in 3 days. DPRK Armed Forces seizes control over the war situation. |
| Participation of United Nations Command Forces (following UNC Forces) in the Korean War |
The United States of America convened the UN Security Council on 26 Jun. 1950 and they prescribed the armed attack of the DPRK Armed Forces as a destructive act to peace. UN Security Council adopted the recommendation that encourages UN members to provide assistances to South Korea in preparation for the armed attack from the DPRK Forces and retrieve world peace and security in the Korean peninsula. Afterwards, intervention of the US troops is approved. |
| The Incheon Landing Operation |
After the ROK and UNC Forces retreated back to the Nak-Dong River defense line in a month, the UNC Forces conduct the Incheon Landing Operation commanded by GEN McArthur and enter Seoul on 15 Sep. 1950. After full recapture of Seoul, the ROK and UNC Forces advance northward and capture the 38th Parallel, Won-San, and Pyeong-Yang. It seemed unification, a nationally cherished desire, would come true. |
| Communist Chinese Forces (following CCF) intervention |
CCF started aggression to stop ROK and UNC Forces from taking the oppression and advancing northward. Because of their intervention, DPRK Forces and CCF came to prolong the war. |
| Retreat of the ROK and UNC Forces in 4 Jan. 1951 |
With the support from CCF, DPRK Forces advanced southward pass the 38th Parallel. It was the cause of bringing many dispersed families in the Korean peninsula. |
| The proposal of cease-fire and the armistice talk |
Malik, the Soviet Union Ambassador to the UN, called for armistice talks by speech in UN on 23 Jun. 1951. Communist China and North Korea wanted to end the war expressed themselves for armistice talks and the US also made their positive position clear. So forth, the Armistice talks convened at Gae-Seong on Jul. 1951. Before the actual signing of the Armistice Agreement, there were still many fierce battles with intent to occupy more territories near the 38th Parallel. |
| Armistice Talks at the Panmunjom |
As the UNC Commander proposed that both sides have the Armistice Talks in the middle of their war zone, Panmunjom was determined to be the place for the talks. US intended to weaken the speaking power of the enemy by drawing them into the ROK and UNC Forces area of jurisdiction, but that eventually became the reason for the ROK and UNC Forces to lose the Gae-Seong area. |
Signing of the Armistice Agreement
(27 Jul. 1953) |
Excluding South Korea, the actual participant in the Korean War concerned, the UNC, DPRK Forces and CCF signed the armistice agreement. Hereby, the war which had continued for 37 months came to an end. However, South Korea and North Korea still confronts each other till this day without a winner or loser. |
