Moon Jaein
South Korea decided to achieve an end to the war with the North. This intention was made by South Korean President Moon Jae In at a meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Seoul, he is quoted by the Yonghap news agency.
“South Korea will continue to work towards ending the war and ridding the Korean Peninsula of nuclear weapons,” said Moon Jae In. He also thanked Beijing for its “constructive role” and assistance in reaching a peace agreement on the peninsula.
On June 18, North Korea threatened the South with a military response “beyond imagination.” The enemies of the North Korean state were predicted to have a “deafening rumble of retaliation” that would be beyond the imagination of “those who make noise about the possible consequences.” Prior to that, the country warned its neighbor about the impending military retaliation for distributing propaganda leaflets that offend the republic's authorities.
On June 9, Pyongyang turned off all communication lines with Seoul. Shortly before this, an order from the DPRK appeared on the final cessation of communication through all channels, including the military and a special line between the top leadership of the two countries.
The war between North and South Korea lasted from June 25, 1950 to July 27, 1953. Pyongyang was helped by the USSR and China, the United States, Great Britain and other countries under the UN flag took part in the war on the side of Seoul. In three years, about 1.3 million Koreans were killed and wounded; Washington lost about 36.6 thousand of its soldiers in this conflict. The war ended with an armistice in 1953, which continues to this day.
