U.N. command rejects nullification of truce

The U.S.-led United Nations Command in South Korea on Thursday rejected the claim by North Korea that it is no longer bound by the truce that halted war on the Korean Peninsula, Yonhap News reported.

"The armistice remains in force and is binding on all signatories, including North Korea," it said in a release, one day after Pyongyang declared it "will not be bound" to the 1953 deal that ended the three-year Korean War.

"The armistice has served as the legal basis for the ceasefire in Korea for over 55 years," an unidentified U.N. Command spokesman said in the statement. "The U.N Command will adhere to the terms of the armistice and the mechanisms that support it."