The Korean War was a conflict between North and South Korea that lasted from 1950 to 1953. It began when North Korea invaded South Korea in an attempt to reunify the Korean peninsula under communist rule. The war resulted in a stalemate, with an armistice signed in 1953 that divided the
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The Korean War was an armed conflict fought on the Korean Peninsula between North Korea and South Korea and their allies. North Korea was supported by China and the Soviet Union, while South Korea was supported by the United Nations led by the United States under the auspices of the United Nations Command (UNC).