US, South Korea Have Draft Declaration to End Korean War

[Sherman A1]

South Korea's top diplomat on Wednesday said his country and the U.S. "effectively have agreed" on a draft declaration of a formal end to the Korean War.

The two allies have shared views on "the importance of the declaration," and were now considering ways to make progress in consultations with North Korea, said Foreign Minister Chung Eui-yong at an end-of-year news conference.

"Our government views that an end-of-war declaration is a crucial step that we must go through in the process of achieving complete denuclearization and a lasting peace settlement on the Korean Peninsula," Chung said. "Our government views that an end-of-war declaration provides a very useful opportunity to resume dialogue in a current deadlock in talks with North Korea."

The 1950-53 Korean War ended with an armistice agreement between China, North Korea and the U.N. Command. The agreement was intended to end hostilities and to eventually bring about a "final peaceful settlement."

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2021/12/30/us-south-korea-have-draft-declaration-end-korean-war.html

[HAB911]

1. That would be something

I spent a year on the DMZ in 1970

[Solly Mack]

2. What's the rush?

(I couldn't resist)

[twodogsbarking]

3. The United States never formally declared war on North Korea, China, or the Soviet Union.

[bucolic_frolic]

4. What will they call it?

"Peace in our time" is already taken.

[Sherman A1]

5. Maybe the long overdue peace agreement?

[bucolic_frolic]

6. Peace in due time

and better late than never

[soryang]

7. Symbolic concession to Moon administration

...in view of the prospect of a failing conservative candidate Yoon Seok-yeol in the face of the March 9 presidential elections in South Korea. The "talks with no preconditions formula" suggests no real change in US policy. If Lee Jae-myung the democratic candidate for president gets elected in March, the US will probably have to reassess its position. It's evident that they prefer for Yoon to take office because he will simply abandon all the current South Korean policies toward N.Korea, China, and Japan, to adopt the US Japanese positions. North Korea's total border closures as a pandemic countermeasure make South Korean requests for the renewal of Kaseong and Gumgansan ties between North and South to be reestablished moot.