Korean War
Event · 25 June 1950–27 July 1953 · Korean Peninsula, South Korea
North Korea’s attack across the 38th parallel in June 1950 escalated into a war fought by United Nations troops from sixteen countries with the South, and from October 1950 by Chinese troops with the North; the armistice of 27 July 1953 is still in force1. Jane Portal 2000, p. 168. ↩ Literatur Jane Portal 2000: Jane Portal, Korea: Art and Archaeology, London: British Museum Press 2000.