South Korea’s President Proposes Formal End to Korean War Talks with North South Korea's President Lee Jae Myung has proposed a formal end to the decades long state of war between North and South Korea.
This move recognizes that the 1953 armistice, which ended the Korean War, has outlived its usefulness.
The Korean War was sparked by North Korea's invasion of the South in June 1950, resulting in an estimated 2 4 million deaths and leaving both countries technically at war to this day.