A South Korean soldier (R) salutes as a military truck drives past at a military checkpoint in a sideline of Imjingak peace park in Paju, near the demilitarized zone dividing the two Koreas on July 27, 2012, on the day of the 59th anniversary of signing the Korean War armistice. The armistice agreement on July 27, 1953 brought three years of active combat in the Korean War to a halt, but the two Koreas are still technically at war as no formal peace treaty was signed.