Korean Armistice Agreement

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Korean Armistice Agreement
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The Korean Armistice Agreement (

General Mark W. Clark representing the United Nations Command (UNC), North Korea leader Kim Il Sung and General Nam Il representing the Korean People's Army (KPA), and Peng Dehuai representing the Chinese People's Volunteer Army (PVA).[1] The armistice was signed on 27 July 1953, and was designed to "ensure a complete cessation of hostilities and of all acts of armed force in Korea until a final peaceful settlement is achieved."[2]

During the

prisoners of war. The DMZ runs close to the 38th parallel and has separated North and South Korea
since the Korean Armistice Agreement was signed in 1953.

South Korea never signed the Armistice Agreement, due to President

Military Armistice Commission, essentially leaving North Korea and the UN Command as the only participants in the armistice agreement.[6][7] In 2011, South Korea stated that North Korea had violated the armistice 221 times.[8]

Background

Mosaic depicting Kim Il-sung and KPA generals during Korean War

By mid-December 1950, the United States was discussing terms for an agreement to end the Korean War.

prisoners of war which the U.S. believed should be exchanged on a one-for-one basis.[9]

While talk of a possible armistice agreement was circulating, in late May and early June 1951, the President of the Republic of Korea (ROK, South Korea)

National Assembly of South Korea unanimously passed a resolution endorsing a continued fight for an "independent and unified country."[11] At the end of June, however, the Assembly decided to support armistice talks,[11] although President Rhee continued to oppose them.[12]

Like Syngman Rhee, North Korean leader Kim Il Sung also sought complete unification. The North Korean side was slow to support armistice talks and only on 27 June 1951 – seventeen days after armistice talks had begun – did it change its slogan of "drive the enemy into the sea" to "drive the enemy to the 38th parallel."[13] North Korea was pressured to support armistice talks by its allies the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union, whose support was vital to enabling North Korea to continue fighting.

Negotiations

The site of negotiations in 1951
The English text of Korean Armistice Agreement. Harrison's signature in the lower right corner.

Talks concerning an armistice started 10 July 1951,

Charles Turner Joy.[16] After a period of two weeks, on 26 June 1951, a five-part agenda was agreed upon,[17]
which guided talks until the signing of the armistice on 27 July 1953. The items to be discussed were:

  1. Adoption of an agenda.
  2. Fixing a military demarcation line between the two sides to establish a demilitarized zone as a basic condition for the cessation of hostilities in Korea.
  3. Concrete arrangements for realization of a ceasefire and armistice in Korea, including the composition, authority, and functions of a supervisory organization to carry out the terms of a truce and armistice.
  4. Arrangements relating to prisoners-of-war.
  5. Recommendations to the governments of the countries concerned on both sides.[17]
Korean Armistice Agreement of June 8, 1953, and the Temporary Agreement Supplementary to the Armistice Agreement of July 27, 1953
Korean Armistice Agreement in English; Records of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, Record Group 218; National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD [available through the National Archives Catalog (NAID: 6852876)

After the agenda was decided, talks proceeded slowly. There were lengthy intervals between meetings. The longest gap between discussions started on 23 August 1951,

Kyonggi Province, close to both Koreas, was chosen as the new location for deliberations. That was conditional on responsibility for protection of the village being shared by both powers.[20][21]

Colonel-level discussions between the US and North Korean militaries on 11 October 1951

A major, problematic negotiation point was the repatriation of prisoners-of-war.

K. S. Thimayya, was set up to handle the matter.[25]

In 1952, the United States elected a new president, Dwight D. Eisenhower, and on 2 December 1952,[26] he went to Korea to investigate what might end the war.[27] With the UN accepting India's proposed Korean War armistice,[28] the KPA, PVA, and UNC ceased fire with the battle line approximately at the Kansas Line, a line of UN positions north of the 38th parallel, which had been established in Operation Rugged.[29] Upon agreeing to the armistice, the belligerents established the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), which has since been patrolled by KPA, ROKA, United States, and Joint UNC forces. Discussions continued slowly because of difficulties regarding demarcation of the border between North and South Korea. China and North Korea expected the line to remain at the 38th parallel. Within weeks, however, both nations accepted the Kansas Line.[14] In March 1953, the death of Joseph Stalin helped spur negotiations. While the Chinese leader Mao Zedong was not then willing to compromise, the new Soviet leadership issued a statement two weeks after Stalin's death, which called for a quick end to hostilities.[30]

The building in which the armistice was signed now houses the North Korea Peace Museum.

On 19 July 1953, the delegates reached agreement covering all issues on the agenda.[31] On 27 July 1953, at 10:00 a.m., the Armistice was signed by Nam Il, a delegate of the KPA and PVA, and William K. Harrison Jr., a UNC delegate.[2] Twelve hours after the signing of the document, all regulations that were approved in the armistice went into effect.[32] The agreement provided for monitoring by an international commission. The Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission (NNSC) was established to prevent reinforcements being brought into Korea, whether additional military personnel or new weapons, and NNSC member inspection teams from Czechoslovakia, Poland, Sweden, and Switzerland operated throughout Korea.[13]

Terms

The Demilitarized Zone compared to the earlier 38th parallel de facto border

A key feature of the armistice is that no nation is a signatory to the agreement; it is purely a military document.[33] The signed Armistice established a "complete cessation of all hostilities in Korea by all armed forces,"[2] which was to be enforced by the commanders of both sides. The armistice is, however, only a ceasefire between military forces, rather than an agreement between governments to normalize relations.[34] No formal peace treaty was signed, and normalized relations were not restored. The armistice established the Military Demarcation Line (MDL) and the DMZ. The DMZ was agreed as a 2.5-mile -wide (4.0 km) fortified buffer zone between the two Korean nations.[14] The DMZ follows the Kansas Line, where the two sides actually confronted each other at the time of the signing of the Armistice. The DMZ is currently the most heavily-defended national border in the world as of 2018.[citation needed]

The Armistice also established regulations regarding prisoners-of-war. The agreement stated:

Within sixty (60) days after this agreement becomes effective each side shall, without offering any hindrance, directly repatriate and hand over in groups all those prisoners of war in its custody who insist on repatriation to the side to which they belonged at the time of capture.[2]

Kim Il Sung signs the agreement

Ultimately, more than 22,000 KPA or PVA soldiers refused repatriation. On the opposite side, 327 South Korean soldiers, 21 American soldiers, and 1 British soldier also refused repatriation and remained in North Korea or in China. (See list of American and British defectors in the Korean War.)

With the signing of the Armistice, the war ended. Despite the three-year war, the international border remained at a similar location as from before the war.

Subsequent events

Failure of the Geneva Conference

Article IV (Paragraph 60) of the Armistice Agreement calls for a political conference to be held within 3 months of the signing of the agreement in order "to ensure the peaceful settlement of the Korean question."[2] A conference was held in Geneva, Switzerland in April 1954, missing the 3 month timeline by 6 months. The conference focused on two separate conflicts: the conflict in Korea; and the conflict in Indochina. Participants in the talks on the conflict in Korea were the US, the USSR, France, China, and North and South Korea. The peace agreement on the Korean peninsula was officially raised at the conference, by Chinese diplomat Zhou Enlai with the US Secretary of Defense, John Foster Dulles, but no progress was made.[3] The United States intentionally avoided discussing the “Peace Treaty on the Korean Peninsula,” in spite of criticism from the other representatives at the conference about the negative attitude of the United States.

United States violation of paragraph 13d

Deployment of U.S. atomic weapons in Korea in 1958

Paragraph 13d of the Armistice Agreement mandated that neither side introduce new weapons into Korea, other than piece-for-piece replacement of equipment.

atomic demolition munitions[43] and nuclear armed Matador cruise missiles with the range to reach China and the Soviet Union.[38][44] North Korea believed the U.S. had introduced new weapons earlier, citing NNSC inspection team reports for August 1953 to April 1954.[36][45] The U.S. believed that North Korea had introduced new weapons contrary to 13d, but did not make specific allegations.[46]

Following the abrogation of paragraph 13d, the NNSC largely lost its function, and became primarily office based in the DMZ with a small staff. North Korea denounced the abrogation of paragraph 13d.[39] North Korea responded militarily by digging massive underground fortifications resistant to nuclear attack, and by the forward deployment of its conventional forces so that the use of nuclear weapons against it would endanger South Korean and U.S. forces as well. In 1963 North Korea asked the Soviet Union and China for help in developing nuclear weapons, but was refused.[38]

United Nations statements

In 1975, the

U.N. General Assembly adopted resolutions endorsing the desirability of replacing the Armistice Agreement with a peace treaty and dissolving the UNC.[47][48] This was followed by North Korean attempts to start peace discussions with the U.S. The U.S. however believed influencing China to restrict North Korean actions would be more effective.[49]

In October 1996, the

President of the Security Council, Honduras, urged that the Armistice Agreement should be fully observed until replaced by a new peace mechanism. Approving nations included the United States and the People's Republic of China, two of the armistice's signatories, effectively refuting any suggestion that the armistice was no longer in force.[47]

North Korean announcements to withdraw from the agreement

Depiction of a banner during a 1989 student festival in Pyongyang, prior to calls from North Korea to leave the agreement.

North Korea has announced that it will no longer abide by the armistice at least six times, in 1994, 1996, 2003, 2006, 2009, and 2013.[50][51][52]

On 28 April 1994, North Korea announced that it would cease participating in the Military Armistice Commission, but would continue contact at Panmunjom through liaison officers and maintain the general conditions of the armistice. North Korea stated it regarded the U.S. deployment of

Patriot missiles in South Korea as terminating the armistice.[53][54]

On 3 September 1994 China joined North Korea in withdrawing from and ceasing participation in the Military Armistice Commission.[7]

In January 2002 U.S. President

Bombardment of Yeonpyeong. In 2010, the U.S. position regarding a peace treaty was that it could only be negotiated when North Korea "takes irreversible steps toward denuclearization."[56]

In 2011, South Korea stated that North Korea had violated the armistice 221 times.[8]

In 2013 North Korea argued that the Armistice was meant to be a transitional measure and that North Korea had made a number of proposals for replacing the armistice with a peace treaty, but the U.S. had not responded in a serious way. It further argued that the Military Armistice Commission and the NNSC had long been effectively dismantled, paralysing the supervisory functions of the Armistice. North Korea believes the annual U.S. and South Korean exercises

B-52 bombers flown over South Korea were reaffirming the U.S. "nuclear umbrella" for South Korea.[59]

In March 2013, North Korea announced that it was scrapping all non-aggression pacts with South Korea. It also closed the border and closed the

B-2 Spirit stealth bombers to South Korea to participate in ongoing military exercises in the region, including the dropping of inert munitions on a South Korean bomb range. This was the first B-2 non-stop, round-trip mission to Korea from the United States.[62] Following this mission, North Korean state media announced that it was readying rockets to be on standby to attack U.S. targets.[63] In May 2013, North Korea offered to enter into negotiations for a peace treaty to replace the armistice agreement.[64]

In August 2016, North Korea installed anti-personnel mines to prevent the defection of its front-line border guards around the Bridge of No Return, situated in the Joint Security Area (JSA).[65] The UN Command protested this move as it violates the Armistice Agreement which specifically prohibits armed guards and anti-personnel mines.[65]

In 2016, when North Korea proposed formal peace talks, the U.S. adjusted its position from the pre-condition that North Korea should have already taken "irreversible steps toward denuclearization," to a negotiating stance that includes North Korea halting its nuclear program. The discussions did not take place. A State Department spokesman said that "[North Korea] periodically raise[s] the idea and it never really gets far."[66][67]

Panmunjom Declaration

On 27 April 2018 the

Capella Hotel despite previous tensions before the summit. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and United States President Donald Trump signed a joint declaration that declared the following:[72]

  1. The United States and the DPRK commit to establish new U.S.–DPRK relations in accordance with the desire of the peoples of the two countries for peace and prosperity.
  2. The United States and the DPRK will join their efforts to build a lasting and stable peace regime on the Korean Peninsula.
  3. Reaffirming the April 27, 2018 Panmunjom Declaration, the DPRK commits to work towards the complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.
  4. The United States and the DPRK commit to recovering POW/MIA remains including the immediate repatriation of those already identified.

The joint statement also includes Trump's commitment to providing security guarantees to North Korea and that there will be follow-up negotiations between

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and an undetermined high-level North Korean official thereafter.[73]

At the start of a three-day summit with South Korean President Moon Jae-in in Pyongyang, the pair's third meeting of 2018, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un stated that his meeting with Trump "provided geopolitical stability and that he expects more progress in talks between his nation and Washington."[74] Kim also credited Moon with making the "historic" U.S.–DPRK summit in Singapore possible.[75] The third day of the Moon–Kim summit yielded a joint statement from the two leaders announcing an agreement to pursue a co-host bid for the 2032 Olympic Games. Further, the joint statement announced that the two nations will now "participate jointly" at international competitions, including the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.,[76] although North Korea did not ultimately attend the Tokyo games.[77]

Commemorations

Over the years, United States Presidents have made

proclamations in support of the National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day. For instance, following the example of every U.S. president since Eisenhower, on 26 July 2017, President Donald Trump proclaimed 27 July as National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day.[78][79][80]

North Korea commemorates 27 July as a national holiday known as Day of Victory in the Great Fatherland Liberation War.[81][82]

Gallery

Armistice Agreement in Chinese
Armistice Agreement in Korean

See also

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