The Japanese-controlled Korean Peninsula was divided in 1945, at the end of World War II, into a Soviet-backed north and a US-backed south. North and South Korean soldiers glare at each other across the line that Kim Jong Un historically stepped across for his recent summit with South Korean President Moon Jae-in. "We talked about ending the war," Trump said at the White House after his meeting earlier this month with senior North Korean envoy Kim Yong Chol. ... Can you believe that we're talking about the ending of the Korean War?" So, the president, I can imagine him saying, `We've agreed on this peace treaty,' which is what we said in 2005.

Source: Bangkok Post June 09, 2018 08:48 UTC