South Korea's Lee urges talks with North Korea to replace armistice with peace
Lee proposed direct talks with Pyongyang to replace the armistice with a peace regime and discuss steps to curb North Korea’s nuclear program.
- On Saturday, Korean President Lee Jae Myung called for talks with North Korea to formally end the Korean War, seeking to replace the decades-old armistice with a peace arrangement at a ceremony marking Korea's liberation from Japanese colonial rule.
- The two Koreas remain technically at war because the 1950-53 conflict ended with an armistice rather than a peace treaty; North Korea has repeatedly declared itself an "irreversible" nuclear state since 2019.
- Colonel Ryan Donald, spokesman for the US and South Korean Combined Forces Command, warned this week that North Korea's deployment to the European war changed the threat his soldiers face, saying "Our training accounts for that threat."
- Despite Lee's repeated offers, Pyongyang has not responded; instead, military ties between Pyongyang and Moscow have deepened, with analysts noting North Korea receives food, energy, and technology for supplying munitions to Ukraine.
- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is expected to visit Russia later this year to discuss further weapons supplies, while Pyongyang recently fired two missiles after bristling over Japan's military build-up.
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The South Korean president proposed replacing the current armistice with a peace regime and proposed that the talks also allow us to address the advance of Pyongyang’s nuclear program. North Korea still does not respond to Seoul’s rapprochements.
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Pyongyang Snubs Seoul's Peace Proposal as Inter-Korean Tensions Flare Ahead of US-South Korea Drills
Get latest articles and stories on World at LatestLY. The diplomatic standstill comes amid heightened military readiness across the Korean Peninsula ahead of the annual US-South Korea joint military exercises, Ulchi Freedom Shield, set to begin on Monday. Meanwhile, the Russian ship Pallada arrived at Wonsan port for a goodwill visit on Saturday tied to the liberation anniversary. World News | Pyongyang Snubs Seoul's Peace Proposal as Inter-Kore…
Pyongyang snubs Seouls peace proposal as inter-Korean tensions flare ahead of US-South Korea drills - The Tribune
The diplomatic standstill comes amid heightened military readiness across the Korean Peninsula ahead of the annual US-South Korea joint military exercises, Ulchi Freedom Shield, set to begin on Monday. Meanwhile, the Russian ship Pallada arrived at Wonsan port for a goodwill visit on Saturday tied to the liberation anniversary.
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