When was the armistice signed? The armistice was signed in July
1953. What were its terms? The terms of the armistice included
the creation of the Demilitarized Zone, aheavily fortified
155-mile long (250 kilometers) 2.5-mile wide line separating the
two countries. How have relations between the North and South
been since then? In the last 60 years, diplomacy between North
and South has zigzagged from conciliatory to bellicose. During
more friendly times, the two countries arranged emotional family
reunions for those separated by the war in 2000, their leaders
shook hands in a 2007 Pyongyang summit and ran freight trains
across the border. But periods of rapprochement have been
counterpointed by flareups. More recently, the North shelled the
South Korean island of Yeonpyeong leaving two marines and two
civilians dead. Pyongyang claimed Seoul provoked the 2010 attack
by holding a military drill off their shared coast in the Yellow
Sea. That same year, North Korea was also accused of sinking a
South Korean wars