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10. What was the armstice? The battle became more fierce on land and air, bombing and shooting, everywhere you will see dead bloody corpse that was left there to rot. On June 13, 1951, respresentative for UN, Adam Mike proposed that all the war parties should cease fire and site down and talk about this. There were months of haggling over how to properly and fairly mark each side's military lines, but the main issue that prolonged the negotiations was the disposition of the many prisoners of war (POWs) on both sides. The POW issue was finally settled on June 8, 1953. The Communists agreed to the placement of POWs who refused repatriation under the control of a neutral commission of nations for three months; at the end of this period those who still refused repatriation would be set free. On July 27, 1953, the UN, North Korea, and China signed an armistice agreement-South Korea refused to sign-and the fighting ended. The armistice called for a buffer zone 4 km (2.5 mi) wide across the middle of Korea, from which troops and weapons were supposed to be withdrawn, which meant that peopel would throw their weapons onto that space so their wouldn't be any more blood and corpse. With no peace treaty signed, the two Koreas remained technically still at war; only the armistice agreement and demilitarized zone kept a tenuous peace. -Andy801
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