July 1951 - July 1953
Korean War armistice negotiations (1951-1953)
After two years of brutal fighting, US and Chinese forces opened armistice talks at Kaesong in July 1951. The negotiations dragged on for two years while major battles continued, including the stalemate at Panmunjom, where the talks later moved.
Then
An armistice signed July 1953 ended active fighting, though no peace treaty was concluded.
Now
The Korean peninsula remains divided by a demilitarized zone, and the armistice framework still governs the conflict seven decades later.
Why this matters now
Shows that warring parties can negotiate for years while combat continues — the model for what a US-Iran dialogue might look like, though the Korean talks produced a durable truce that held.