South Korea proposes talks with North to end Korean war

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung has proposed talks with North Korea to formally end the long-running Korean War.

Lee Jae Myung offers chance to end the conflict, which has been frozen since an armistice in 1953.

The two Koreas remain technically at war because their 1950-53 conflict, triggered by a North Korean attack, ended with an armistice rather than a peace treaty.

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung has proposed talks with North Korea to formally end the Korean War.

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung proposes talks with North Korea to formally end the Korean War, despite Pyongyang’s deepening ties with Russia.

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung proposed talks with North Korea to formally end the long-running Korean war, as Pyongyang deepens ties with Russia while asserting its status as an “irreversible” nuclear state. The two Koreas remain technically at war because their 1950-53 conflict, triggered by a North Korean atta

"Let us put down our intentions to threaten each other and begin discussions to end the long-running war as the directly involved parties," South Korean President Lee Jae Myung said on Saturday (Aug 15).