“There were no winners in the Korean War”
Points For :
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One argument that supports the statement that there were no winners during the Korean
War in 1953 is that the war ended with an armistice, not a peace treaty. An armistice is a
formal agreement to stop fighting, but it does not necessarily mean that the conflict has
been resolved. In the case of the Korean War, hostilities were brought to a halt in 1953, but
there has never been a treaty to end the conflict between North Korea (and its chief ally
China) and South Korea and its allies, most notably the United States.
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Another point is that South Korea is not a signee of the armistice agreement, which
specifically states that it is not a peace treaty. This means that technically, the two Koreas are
still at war and engaged in a frozen conflict
Points Against :
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One could argue that the United States and its allies achieved their goal of containing the
spread of communism by preventing North Korea from taking control of the entire Korean
Peninsula. We could say that their anti-communism policy was retained and maintained. In
this sense, the United States and its allies could be considered winners in their own way. We
could call this a personal Victory to them.
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some people might argue that South Korea’s ability to maintain its independence and not
yield to communism could be seen as a victory in its own way.
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The war ended with an armistice on July 27, 1953, which drew a new border between North
Korea and South Korea, granting South Korea some additional territory and demilitarizing the
zone between the two nations