North and South Korea, China, US agree ‘in principle’ to end Korean War

My father did his part, and he was on the Yalu, but he always wished we would of Nuked China.

..."The United States, China, and North and South Korea have agreed to declare a formal end to the Korean War “in principle,” nearly 70 years after hostilities ended in a stalemate, South Korea’s President Moon Jae-in told reporters Monday.

The remarks came during Moon’s four-day visit to Australia, and Moon elaborated that the four parties have not formally discussed the matter because of North Korea’s objections to what it calls “U.S. hostility.”

North Korea has said that a prerequisite of the talks would be an end to such hostility, likely referring to sanctions over Pyongyang’s nuclear program and Washington’s joint military exercises with the South.

“And because of that, we are not able to sit down for a negotiation on the declarations between South and North Korea, and those between North Korea and United States,” Moon said, during a press conference in Canberra alongside the Australian prime minister, Scott Morrison.

“We hope that talks will be initiated. We are making efforts towards that.”

Moon said that ending the almost seven-decade-long “unstable” armistice would improve the chances for bringing about progress in negotiations over North Korea’s nuclear weapons program.

During the same news conference, Moon said that Seoul would not join a U.S.-led diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. Australia and the United Kingdom, partners with the U.S. in the UK-Australia-U.S. tripartite partnership (AUKUS) last week joined the boycott.

“We have not received any recommendations to participate in [the boycott] from any country, including the U.S., and the Korean government is not considering it,” Moon said.'...