Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Brad (CA-32), senior member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, led 19 members of Congress in re-introducing the Peace on the Korean Peninsula Act – bipartisan legislation that calls for serious, urgent diplomatic engagement in pursuit of a formal end to the Korean War. Congressman made the announcement in a press conference on Capitol Hill and was joined by his Congressional colleagues along with members of the Korean American Public Action Committee (KAPAC) and supporters of the Korea Peace movement.
“The continued state of war on the Korean Peninsula does not serve the interests of the United States nor our constituents with relatives in North and South Korea, ” said Congressman Brad . “Serious, urgent diplomatic engagement is needed to achieve peace between North and South Korea. I’m pleased to stand here today, with my colleagues, the Korean American community, and supporters of the Korea peace movement, to reintroduce this crucial bill and continue to help grow the movement for Korea peace.”
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In 1953, the parties to the Korean War signed an Armistice Agreement that pledged an end to “all acts of armed force in Korea until a final peaceful settlement is achieved.” Common sense tells us that this conflict ended in July 1953. But in fact, we only signed an armistice. Therefore, we have officially remained in a state of war with North Korea for 70 years. This situation does not serve anyone’s interest.
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On April 27, 2018, in Panmunjom, the leaders of South Korea and North Korea declared that “a new era of peace has begun on the Korean peninsula, ” and committed “to declare the end of war” on the Korean peninsula 65 years after the signing of the armistice agreement.
The Peace on the Korean Peninsula Act expresses support for the commitments made at Panmunjom and urges the Secretary of State to pursue meaningful diplomatic engagement with North Korea and South Korea in pursuit of a binding peace agreement constituting a formal and final end to the state of war between North Korea, South Korea, and the United States. The bill also requires a report from the Secretary of State that describes a clear roadmap for achieving a permanent peace agreement on the Korean peninsula.
One major consequence of the continuation of the Korean War is that the United States does not have formal relations with North Korea. The current restrictions barring United States nationals from traveling to North Korea have had profound effects on Americans with relatives living in North Korea, who long to see their relatives – in many cases, for one last time.
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The Peace on the Korean Peninsula Act requires the Secretary of State to conduct a full review of the restrictions in place conditioning the travel of Americans to North Korea, and to submit a report to Congress detailing that review.
Congressman is pleased to be joined by his bipartisan colleagues Representatives Ro Khanna (D-CA), Andy Kim (D-NJ), Cori Bush (D-MO), Luis Correa (D-CA), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Chuy Garcia(D-IL), Andy Biggs (R-AZ), Dina Titus (D-NV), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Marilyn Strickland (D-WA), Sara Jacobs (D-CA), Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), James McGovern (D-MA), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Judy Chu (D-CA), and Ilhan Omar (D-MN) in introducing the Peace on the Korean Peninsula Act.Delegates of both belligert sides signing the Korean Armistice Agreemt in Panmunjom, marking the beginning of the still-existing ceasefire betwe the two Koreas
The Korean Armistice Agreemt (Korean: 한국정전협정 / 조선정전협정; Chinese: 韓國停戰協定 / 朝鮮停戰協定) is an armistice that brought about a complete cessation of hostilities of the Korean War. It was signed by United States Army Lieutant Geral William Harrison Jr. and Geral Mark W. Clark represting the United Nations Command (UNC), North Korea leader Kim Il Sung and Geral Nam Il represting the Korean People's Army (KPA), and Pg Dehuai represting the Chinese People's Volunteer Army (PVA).
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The armistice was signed on 27 July 1953, and was designed to sure a complete cessation of hostilities and of all acts of armed force in Korea until a final peaceful settlemt is achieved.
During the 1954 Geva Conferce in Switzerland, Chinese Premier and foreign minister Zhou lai suggested that a peace treaty should be implemted on the Korean pinsula. However, the US secretary of state, John Foster Dulles, did not accommodate this attempt to achieve such a treaty. A final peace settlemt has never be achieved.
The signed armistice established the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), the de facto new border betwe the two nations, put into force a cease-fire, and finalized repatriation of prisoners of war. The DMZ runs close to the 38th parallel and has separated North and South Korea since the Korean Armistice Agreemt was signed in 1953.
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South Korea never signed the Armistice Agreemt, due to Presidt Syngman Rhee’s refusal to accept having failed to unify Korea by force.
China normalized relations and signed a peace treaty with South Korea in 1992. In 1994, China withdrew from the Military Armistice Commission, esstially leaving North Korea and the UN Command as the only participants in the armistice agreemt.
Both sides would need to agree to “cease the introduction into Korea of any reinforcing air, ground or naval units or personnel... and to refrain from increasing the level of war equipmt and material existing in Korea.”
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The proposed agreemt would also address the issue of prisoners of war which the U.S. believed should be exchanged on a one-for-one basis.
While talk of a possible armistice agreemt was circulating, in late May and early June 1951, the Presidt of the Republic of Korea (ROK, South Korea) Syngman Rhee opposed peace talks. He believed the ROK should continue to expand its army in order to march all the way to the Yalu River and completely unify the nation.
Ev without UNC support, Rhee and the South Korean governmt attempted to mobilize the public to resist any halt in the fighting short of the Yalu River.
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Other ROK officials supported Rhee's ambitions and the National Assembly of South Korea unanimously passed a resolution dorsing a continued fight for an indepdt and unified country.
Like Syngman Rhee, North Korean leader Kim Il Sung also sought complete unification. The North Korean side was slow to support armistice talks and only on 27 June 1951 – sevte days after armistice talks had begun – did it change its slogan of drive the emy into the sea to drive the emy to the 38th parallel.
North Korea was pressured to support armistice talks by its allies the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union, whose support was vital to abling North Korea to continue fighting.
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The two primary negotiators were Chief of Army Staff Geral Nam Il, a North Korean deputy premier, and United States Vice Admiral Charles Turner Joy.
Korean Armistice Agreemt in glish; Records of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, Record Group 218; National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD [available through the National Archives Catalog (NAID: 6852876)
After the agda was decided, talks proceeded slowly. There were lgthy intervals betwe meetings. The longest gap betwe discussions started on 23 August 1951,
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Wh North Korea and its allies claimed that the conferce site in Kaesong had be bombed. North Korea requested for the UNC conduct to an immediate investigation, which concluded that there was evidce a UNC aircraft had attacked the conferce site. The evidce, however, appeared to be manufactured. The communists subsequtly refused to permit an investigation during daylight hours.
Panmunjom, a nearby village in Kyonggi Province, close to both Koreas, was chos as the new location for deliberations. That was conditional on responsibility for protection of the village being shared by both powers.
The PVA, KPA, and UNC could not agree on a system of repatriation because many PVA and KPA soldiers refused to be repatriated to the north,
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In the final armistice agreemt, signed on 27 July 1953, a Neutral Nations Repatriation Commission, chaired by Indian Geral K. S. Thimayya, was set up to handle the matter.
The KPA, PVA, and UNC ceased fire with the battle line approximately at the Kansas Line, a line of UN positions north of the 38th parallel, which had be established in Operation Rugged.
Upon agreeing to the armistice, the belligerts established the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), which has since be patrolled by KPA, ROKA, United States, and Joint UNC forces. Discussions continued slowly because of difficulties regarding demarcation of the border betwe North and South Korea. China and North Korea expected the line to remain at the 38th parallel. Within weeks, however, both nations accepted the Kansas Line.
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In March 1953, the death of Joseph Stalin helped spur negotiations. While the Chinese leader Mao Zedong was not th willing to compromise, the new Soviet leadership issued a statemt two weeks after Stalin's death, which called for a quick d to hostilities.
On 27 July 1953, at 10:00 a.m., the Armistice was signed by Nam Il, a delegate of the KPA and PVA, and William K. Harrison Jr., a UNC delegate.
The agreemt provided for monitoring by an international commission. The Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission (NNSC) was established to prevt
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