Is the Korean War still going on today?

Question

A ceasefire was signed over 50 years ago, but did the war actually end? If it did end, why are US troops still in S. Korea?

Answer 1

The war is not over, a cease fire, as you stated, is in effect. Thousands of soldiers still face-off with each across the 38th Parallel, including our own 2nd ID.

NoKor's policy still remains the same, ie, total reunification of the penninsula

Answer 2

Nope it's over. The troops are in there to protect South Korea, first of all and to have troops at all in that area. At that time Russia was also a problem (Cold War...). After North Korea had started nuke and all that kind of stuff, they stayed again. (US is worldpower, they wanna hold that position, so they gotta be all over the world.) South Korean people even can go over to North Korea sometimes, for a birthday visit or something like that. This happend not to long ago. Allot of people went over for a party, if I remember well.(I can't remember what kind of party it was)

Answer 3

The truce between the parties did not officially end the war, so technically it's never been resolved. Until it is, the American troops will stay in Korea, unless of course, S.Korea asks them to leave, which is unlikely. The events of the past year regarding N.Korea should answer your question regarding American troops in N.Korea.
Wars should never be fought to a stalemate, eventually someone will want it decided, and usually not in a peaceful manner. It's kind of like in the corporate structure, people should never be demoted or asked to make a lateral move. Those people usually become angry and vindictive, they hurt morale and are usually destructive. The policy should be, up or out!

Answer 4

The Korean war never "really" ended. We just station troops around the world because a: they need our troop support and b: extra case N. korea attacks the hell out of S. korea.

Answer 5

Yes it is still going on today.
There is a cease fire but there is still a DE-militarized zone.
There is a southern border of the D.M.Z.
One mile north of there is the middle of the D.M.Z. (not really a border)
One mile north of that is the northern border of the D.M.Z.
We (the United States and South Korea) have fortified fighting positions and observation posts in the southern part and North Korea has fortified fighting positions and observation posts in the north.
There is a two mile wide "no mans land" between the northern border and the southern border. We run patroles and they run patroles. Sometimes they run across each other and sometimes there is a fire fight. Sometimes the North Koreans run like hell. (They are forced to be there, our soldiers are volunteers)
It is not really considered a war in the truest sense of the word because the hostilities are not on going on a day to day basis but people fight and die just the same. We trade the dead bodies back an forth as a "humanitarian gesture".

Answer 6

Social impact> North korean are restricted to any communicating devices and are not allowed to leave their country. Political> Kim jong il died. Economic> Because of heavy drought and poor agriculture, North korean are suffering from lack of nutrition. I would say the Korean are going through a type of war.

Answer 7

Technically the war never ended, a ceasefire was agreed to but not an armistice. The ROK and PDRK continue bilateral talks at Panmunjom from time to time, but they are proceeding at a glacial pace.

Answer 8

You might say it's a "cold war".

Unfortunately, it's getting a bit hot these days. I hope Russia and China are able to convince the North that saber rattling against the USA is not a wise move. As Japan will quickly testify, the US is not afraid of using every weapon available in it's arsenal. And as the development and use of the MOAB demonstrates, the US can develop WMDs on the fly.

Answer 9

Technically - we ares till at war because no peace treaty has been signed. But for all realistic purposes the war ended 50 years ago.

Answer 10

yes it was ended , but US troops are every where around the world , didn't the world war 2 ended , what are the US troops doing in Germany? , also the cold war ended but troops in Germany are still there .

the US troops entered in Saudi Arabia and Qatar at 1990 becuase saddam of Iraq invaded Kwait ,and the US troops came to the gulf to free kwait and to defend the gulf states (Saudia and so ) from saddam , but after freeing kwait they didn't pull back , and after 2003 Iraq itself invaded and occupied by USA , but the USA troops didn't went back home , where nothing to defend in Saudia and the Gulf now , it still there and it wont go .

in 2002 and after the 9/11 incident , USA asked taliban in Afghanistan to give them Osama Bin Laden , when Taliban said we can't do this , USA destructed all of Afghanistan , destroyed Taliban and invaded afghanistan , just to demolish Al- qaeda , where is al-qaeda now? and what is the US troops are doing now in Afghanestan ? do you think the Afghans are happy with being colonised that way ? isn't it a soverine state ?

in 2003 USA invaded Iraq for 2 reasons : first : Saddam connections to Bin laden second : the making of weapons of mass distruction ... both were PROVED to be false and not true , so USA brought a new reason for that invasion , it is to free Iraqies from saddam , and build democracy in Iraq , now saddam is captured and the government elected a year ago , so why they are still colonising Iraq ?

sir, it is the American policy ... to control the world

i'm so sorry for America , the country i used to love since i was a kid