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The United States has about 28,500 forces stationed in South Korea to bolster the country's defenses — a legacy of the 1950-53 Korean War that ended with an armistice rather than a peace treaty.—CBS News,
20 Aug. 2026 The Soviet Union took them from Japan in the final days of World War II, and the dispute has kept the countries from signing a peace treaty formally ending their hostilities.—ABC News,
18 Aug. 2026 On Saturday, Lee offered to hold talks to formally end the 1950-53 Korean War, which ended with an armistice, not a peace treaty.—
Hyung-Jin Kim,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Aug. 2026 Lee has previously also called for talks between the Koreas, who are technically still at war, to replace the armistice struck in 1953 with a formal peace treaty.—
Aileen Graef,
CNN Money,
16 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for peace treaty