armistice
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Other men who served in the Sudan included John French, the first commander of the British Expeditionary Force in France, and Douglas Haig, who succeeded him from December 1915 until the armistice.
The parade capped off the North Korean festivities for the 70th anniversary of the armistice that stopped fighting in the 1950-53 Korean War.
From Seattle Times
Since the 1953 armistice that cemented the division on the peninsula, the two Koreas have taken radically different paths.
From Washington Times
South Korea celebrates the armistice anniversary as a victory for the free world that helped the nation become one of Asia’s richest economies, while North Korea remains a hunger-stricken, nuclear-armed international pariah.
From New York Times
The delegations visit for North Korea's Victory Day - as the 1953 Korean armistice is called in the North - is, expected to end on Thursday with an extensive military parade.
From BBC
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