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Two Koreas Agree To End War This Year, Pursue Denuclearization (bloomberg.com)

Posted by BeauHD on from the history-making dept.

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Bloomberg: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in agreed Friday to finally end a seven-decade war this year, and pursue the "complete denuclearization" of the Korean Peninsula. Kim and Moon embraced after signing the deal during a historic meeting on their militarized border, the first time a North Korean leader set foot on the southern side. They announced plans to replace the 1953 armistice that ended hostilities with a peace treaty by year's end. Their statement on a "common goal of realizing, through complete denuclearization, a nuclear-free Korean Peninsula," stopped short of the "complete, verifiable and irreversible denuclearization" long sought by the U.S. and its allies. The statement didn't elaborate on what the term meant and Kim didn't personally utter the word during remarks Friday. "We have agreed to share a firm determination to open a new era in which all Korean people enjoy prosperity and happiness on a peaceful land without war," Kim told reporters, without taking questions. President Trump hailed the move, declaring "KOREAN WAR TO END!" on Twitter. He has agreed to meet with Kim at a time and place yet to be determined.

5 of 368 comments (clear)

  1. Thank you Dennis Rodman! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Awesome job Dennis! Thanks for your help!

  2. How did we come to this? by Mystiq · · Score: 3, Funny

    I'm still confused how this even happened. Is Trump such a dick that North Korea wants to be the good guys again because they're afraid for their safety? What is the state media narrative in North Korea right now?

  3. Too bad Obama already won the Nobel peace prize by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    for promising to do this...

  4. Prodigy... by ElitistWhiner · · Score: 1, Funny

    US has been in conflict with North Korea beginning 1866 with the current Korean War de jure dating back from present to 1950. A decade would be about right to de-escalate, de-nuclear, disentangle the peninsula from the source of conflicts that remain.

  5. Re:Nobel Peace Prize Winner by HRC2020 · · Score: 1, Funny

    Hillary would have done better. And she will do better when she wins the 2020 election. The entire world will be united under Hillary Clinton when she becomes president in 2020 or sooner.

    Onward Together!