Friday, April 27, 2018

War

South, North Korea declare commitment to full denuclearization, ending war - UPI.com
UPI reports: "As highly anticipated, the two leaders decided to seek a formal end to their state of war and establish a peace treaty through trilateral efforts with the United States or a four-way meeting including China. South and North Korea are technically still at war as their 1950-53 Korean War ended with an armistice signed by the U.S.-led United Nations Command, North Korea and China."

Comment: One of the most extraordinary things about this is the recognition that the two sides are technically still at war. The Korean War ended in an armistice agreement, a fancy term for a ceasefire, but without a formal peace treaty ending the war.  If you don't declare peace, then the war is still on. It would indeed be an historic event if Trump was able to gather all the parties together to officially end the Korean War.

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