koreanhistory1-9, Exercise 3: What the armistice did and did not do (a sample; yours will differ)

Model answer:

1. [Source] It ended the fighting on 27 July 1953, with a "complete cessation of hostilities and of all acts of armed force in Korea", effective at 22:00 the same day.
2. [Source] It set up the Military Demarcation Line and a Demilitarized Zone 2.5 miles (4.0 km) wide, a Military Armistice Commission, a Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission and a repatriation process under which over 22,000 KPA or PVA soldiers refused to return.
3. [Source] It was a purely military document, not a peace treaty; South Korea did not sign, and the article attributes this to Rhee's refusal to accept that he had failed to unify Korea by force.
4. [My own reading] Because it settled the military line but not the political question, both governments' claims over the whole peninsula stayed open; the sources show the claims but do not state this conclusion. (Left open: who signed, since the article lists four names and then two.)