North Korean media call for Seoul's active efforts to formally end Korean War
2018-07-23 09:56:59 source：Straits Times
July 23, 2018
SEOUL -- North Korea's media intensified its demands on Monday (July 23) for South Korea to implement its summit agreement to work towards declaring an end to the Korean War, calling it a "historic task" that cannot be delayed anymore, Yonhap news agency reported.
South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un agreed in their April 27 summit to formally end the 1950-53 Korean War this year, replacing the armistice that halted the hostilities with a peace treaty for permanent peace on the Korean Peninsula.
"Given that the South Korean government also has an obligation to carry out what was agreed upon in the Panmunjom Declaration, it should not sit idle on the issue of declaring an end to the war," said Uriminzokkiri, the North's external propaganda website, in English, referring to the April summit agreement.
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