About the Author

Fyodor Tertitskiy
Fyodor Tertitskiy is a leading researcher at Seoul's Kookmin University. He holds a Ph.D. in Sociology from Seoul National University, and is author of "North Korea before Kim Il Sung," which you can buy here.
The Armistice, signed on July 27, 1953, ended the bloodiest war in Korean history. This agreement defined the inter-Korean border and became the cornerstone for all relations between the North and the South.
As Seoul and Pyongyang promised to replace this agreement with a new peace treaty in April, it seems fitting, on the 65th anniversary of its signing, to take a look at its history.