North and South Korea agreed in early October to press their superpower allies for a peace treaty to end the world’s oldest and bloodiest cold war conflict, as the leaders of the divided peninsula ended their second summit in more than 50 years. Kim Jong-il and Roh Moo-hyun, said they would urge China and the United States to negotiate a formal end to the 1950-53 Korean war. That conflict, which cost 4 million lives, was merely halted by an armistice that has left the nation divided, militarised and tense ever since.<\/p>\n
While this reconciliation is long overdue, one may be justifiably sceptical that real progress will be made<\/a>. The North’s Kim has a reputation as a wily negotiator and may just be using the proclamations as a lever to gain concessions from US and west in their nuclear programme or food aid. Nevertheless we can applaud the South’s extension of a friendly hand and hope that ties between the Koreas will strengthen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" North and South Korea agreed in early October to press their superpower allies for a peace treaty to end the world’s oldest and bloodiest cold war conflict, as the leaders of the divided peninsula ended their second summit in more than 50 years. Kim Jong-il and Roh Moo-hyun, said they would urge China and the …
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