The Korean War Cease-Fire Armistice

Chenoa Yorgason
Senior Division
Individual Website
Last summer, my family visited South Korea and visited multiple museums either

dedicated to or had exhibits that featured the Korean War and its aftermath. This

inspired me to research a bit more on the war. During my research, I found out that

there was no formal end to the war, and knowing how the Koreas still maintain a

fragile relationship with each other to this day, I felt that this topic would fit well

into this years’ theme. At first I wanted to cover the entire Korean War, but I soon

realized that it was too broad. I then narrowed it down to the armistice because the

armistice itself had many interesting outcomes.

When I first thought up the project, I researched at my school library and found two

extremely helpful books on the Korean War. I also used their online EBSCOhost

subscription in order to find other documents. In addition to the Hawaii Public

Library system, I also used the Joseph F. Smith Library at BYUH to find books.

Finally, I used JStor to find additional primary articles. I took notes on all of these

sources to develop my project.

Last year, I created a website for my history day project. I enjoyed and had fun in

the experience, and decided that I would like to construct another site one this year.

I created my project on the required Weebly server using an expanded version of

my 500-word essay. I then found pictures that pertained to each of my three points

and added them onto my website.

My project relates to this years’ theme in several ways. The process of creating the

cease-fire armistice was not only diplomacy between the Communists and the U.N.,

but also resulted in both failures and successes. Many of the failures and successes

resulted in long-term consequences that remain present even until today. If the
armistice was not signed it could have resulted in a greater consequence, such as the

war continuing on for another five or ten years. The newly created United Nations

could have been defeated and deemed useless among other nations. North Korea

could have been overthrown and the two nations could have been united as one.

The cease-fire armistice was indeed a great diplomacy that changed the Koreas

forever.