The Korean Armistice: Sixty Years Later

The Korean Armistice: Sixty Years of “War By Other Means” -- Scott A. Snyder, Council On Foreign Relations

This weekend President Obama will commemorate the sixtieth anniversary of the end of the war fight on the Korean peninsula. But in so doing, he will have no choice to acknowledge that the war has not ended despite dramatic changes in both the international context and local conditions on the Korean peninsula. In my own thinking about the significance of an enduring armistice alongside dramatic changes surrounding the Korean peninsula, I found Sheila Miyoshi Jager’s new book Brothers at War particularly useful.

My own thoughts in reflecting on the armistice and the unfinished Korean War are that there are four major changes in the international context that no one would have anticipated when the treaty was signed:

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More News On Recalling The 60th Anniversary of The Korean Armistice

From North Korea to US, differing ceremonies show enduring divide 60 years after Korean war -- FOX News/AP
Korean War Armistice: 60 years on -- Arirang News
S. Korean defense chief urges DPRK to observe Korean War armistice -- Xinhuanet
Obama declares Korean War Veterans Armistice Day -- USA Today
U.S. veterans return to North Korea, attend ‘Victory Day’ commemoration -- New York Daily News/AP
War's US legacies: permanent troops and 7,900 MIAs -- Bloomberg Businessweek/AP
For U.S. veterans of the Korean War, a solemn anniversary -- NBC
Wounded Vet Reflects on Korean War 60 Years After Armistice -- US Department of Defense
Korean War vets share memories on 60th anniversary of armistice -- Stars and Stripes
Medal of Honor recipient honors fallen co-pilot as Korean War foes gather in Pyongyang to remember war -- New York Post/AP
Veteran POWs recall misery of North Korean captivity -- CNN
The 'forgotten war' caused Americans to go temporarily nuts -- Clancy Sigal, The Guardian
No peace for Koreas 60 years after war -- Lucy Williamson, BBC News
Korean peace in limbo, 60 years after armistice -- Dirk Godder, Gulf Times
What It Was Like to Negotiate With North Koreans 60 Years Ago -- Brandon K. Gauthier, The Atlantic
An armistice marked for a war that never ended -- Andrew Atterbury, Go San Angelo
No peace on Korean Peninsula -- Benedict Rogers, The Australian
Photos: North Korea marks 60 years since armistice -- Mercury News