Lee proposes talks to end Korean War
South Korean president Lee Jae Myung on Aug. 15 proposed direct talks with North Korea aimed at ending the peninsula's long-running war and establishing a peace regime, and said the two sides could also discuss practical ways to halt Pyongyang's nuclear advancement. He presented the proposal in a speech marking the 81st Liberation Day and pledged to seek to replace the current armistice-based system. The Koreas remain technically at war because the 1950-53 conflict ended in an armistice, and the article notes that North Korea has so far been unresponsive to Seoul's repeated conciliatory gestures since Lee took office in June last year.
South Korea proposed talks to replace the armistice with a peace regime
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The two Koreas have been under an armistice since the 1950-53 war ended. Lee took office in June last year and has offered reconciliatory gestures that the North did not answer. Next, the North could respond and open talks, or the outreach…
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