The US, North and South Korea in talks about formally ending Korean War
Seoul — Seoul is in three-way talks with Pyongyang and Washington for an early agreement on formally ending the decades-old Korean War, it said on Thursday ahead of a summit between Kim Jong-un and Donald Trump in Singapore next week.The 1950-53 conflict ceased with an armistice rather than a peace treaty, leaving the two sides technically at war, and US President Donald Trump said last week that it would be one of the issues on the table at the historic summit."We talked about ending the war," Trump said following a meeting with a senior North Korean envoy. "Historically it’s very important, but we’ll see." South Korea’s foreign ministry said on Thursday that it was holding three-way discussions on the issue, without providing further details."The government will continue close three-way discussions among the South, the North and the US to declare an end to the war as early as possible," ministry spokesperson Noh Kyu-duk told reporters.Seoul will operate a media centre for South Ko...
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