Smoke billows from Yeonpyeong island in South Korea near the border with North Korea

North Korea aggression exposes bitter divide

News Tue 23 Nov, AT 12:17

More than 50 years after the Korean war ‘ended’ comes a reminder that no peace treaty was ever signed

Picture Past: July 27, 1953, Korean War ends

Picture Past: June 25, 1950, Korean War

The Korean War

At the start of the Cold War, communist North Korea went to war with its capitalist neighbour