Saturday 28 April 2018

North and South Korea announce end of Korean war that's lasted over 65 years


North and South Korea have announced an end to the Koread war and will sign a peace treaty to formally end the Korean War later this year, 65 years after hostilities ceased, the two countries announced in a joint declaration moments ago. The document, formally called the “Panmunjom Declaration for Peace, Prosperity and Unification on the Korean Peninsula,” was revealed after a full day of meetings and a 30-minute private conversation in the past hour between Kim Jong Un and Moon Jae-in. 



 “The two leaders solemnly declare that there will be no more war on the Korean Peninsula and a new era of peace has begun,” the declaration said. Fighting in the Korean War ended in 1953 in stalemate, after which an armistice agreement was signed. But a peace treaty never followed, and the two sides are still technically at war. 
 “There will not be any more war on the Korean Peninsula, a new era of peace has begun. Chairman Kim Jong Un and I have agreed that complete denuclearization will be achieved, and that is our common goal” Moon said after signing the declaration.

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