Technically,Congress and President Ronald Reagan declared it the "national floral emblem."

VOA: special.2010.06.15

The troops are technically mandated with the protection of key sites in the capital, including the presidential palace, airstrip,and seaport.

VOA: standard.2009.09.16

North and South Korea remain technically at war, and their leaders have only met twice in 2000,and 2007.

VOA: standard.2009.10.23

North and South Korea remain technically at war with each other, with only a 1953 armistice having paused fighting between the two sides.

VOA: standard.2009.09.09

North and South Korea remain technically at war, with only a 1953 armistice pausing the three-year war that followed North Korea's invasion of the South.

VOA: standard.2009.10.15

The fighting was halted by a 1953 armistice but with no peace treaty, the two Koreas remain technically at war, amid decades of isolation and hostility.

VOA: standard.2009.09.26