After 3 years of war in 1953, the division of the peninsula was maintained, transforming the demarcation line into a demilitarized region (DMZ) under the control of the UN's global forces. **There is inactive an armistice state on the Korean peninsula**. Despite the tremendous harm and casualties and the perpetuation of state dualism, South Korea gained from this, becoming 1 of the most crucial links in the structure of American safety and thus receiving the chance to make its own economical power. The events of the 1940s and 1950s were crucial. **