PE> They stopped at the halfway mark when the US threatened to go
PE> nuclear. 

KR> not quite, the chinese + the n koreans nearly drove the un out, the un 
KR> fought back up to the 49th parallel. there then were several months 
KR> (years?) of talks leading to an armistice which is still in force today.

If the UN had managed to fight back up, they wouldn't have needed
to threaten nuclear, and they probably could have continued to 
the top, no?  BFN.  Paul.
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