English Dictionary

Korean War

name

(historical) A war fought in the Korean Peninsula from 1950–1953 between the Soviet Union-backed Democratic People's Republic of Korea and the United Nations-backed Republic of Korea.

The Korean War was a conflict between North Korea (with the support of China and the Soviet Union) and South Korea (with the support of the United States and other United Nations members) that lasted from 1950 to 1953.

意味（1）

(historical) A war fought in the Korean Peninsula from 1950–1953 between the Soviet Union-backed Democratic People's Republic of Korea and the United Nations-backed Republic of Korea.

意味（2）

(pedantic) A situation of formal war that is de jure in progress since the 1950s on the Korean Peninsula, that has not had a formal resolution and peace treaty, but only has a longstanding armistice in place.