A Cease-fire agreement in 1953 1. kept north and south korea apart

2. established a United States colony

3. resulted in a Japanese takeover of the peninsula

4. established a communist country

1. kept north and south Korea apart

Explanation:

This armistice signed on July 27, 1953, formally ended the war in Korea. North and South Korea remain separate and occupy almost the same territory they had when the war began. The Korean War, which began on June 25, 1950, when the North Koreans invaded South Korea, officially ended on July 27, 1953.