The United States was caught by surprise when heavily-armed North Korean troops and tanks poured into South Korea on June 25, ...

The very messiness of definition and outcome in Korea has contemporary resonance, given the difficulty of imagining what a ...

There was a second Korean war, ... Sorensen’s log is a summary of priorities: bridges, railroad marshalling yards, hydroelectric plants, factories, and supply centers.

On Aug. 25, 1950, there were tears on the platform of the Nickel Plate Railroad Station as 225 Marines boarded a train bound for Camp Pendleton, California, during the Korean War.

Since no peace treaty was ever signed, the Korean War never really ended, which makes it America’s longest war. To this day, roughly 30,000 U.S. troops remain in the South to deter the North.

North Korea Demolishes Inter-Korean Railroad. ... The two railroads had been restored following the inter-Korean summit in 2000, the first such meeting since the Korean War of 1950-1953.