U.S., North Korea remain technically in state of war

The United States and North Korea remain technically in a state of war due to the 1950-1953 Korean War having ended in a cease-fire, not a peace treaty.The war began on June 25, 1950, with a North Korean invasion into South Korea. The U.S.-led United Nations forces fought alongside South Korea against the North, which was supported by China and the Soviet Union.Hostilities ceased with an armistice agreement signed on July 27, 1953, by the U.S.-led U.N. Command, North Korea and China. South Korea refused to sign, however.The Korean Peninsula has since been split in two along the Demilitarize…READ FULL ARTICLE