Armistice talks open at Kaesong
1951 · Event
With the front stabilised near the 38th parallel, both sides sit down to negotiate — and keep negotiating for two years while men die over hills named Heartbreak and Pork Chop. The sticking point is prisoners who refuse to go home, and it stalls the talks for eighteen months.
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