An armistice ended the fighting in the Korean War three years after it started, but the two sides have never signed a peace treaty. SEOUL: When Lee Seon-woo arrived at Incheon International Airport in 2006, he heard something he had not heard in more than half a century – his own name being called by his country. The former South Korean prisoner of war had spent 53 years trapped in North Korea after being captured during the Korean War. Returning home should have been the end of his ordeal.