The United States, which wants to include “denuclearization” in the text of the end-of-war declaration, and South Korea, which wants to remove it, appear to be at a deadlock in negotiations.
The U.S. diplomatic magazine Politico said on the 23rd, citing multiple sources in the talks, that South Korea and the U.S. are at a deadlock in reconciliation over how to include the denuclearization clause in the negotiations for the end of the war and whether to include North Korea's official name, DPRK (Democratic People's Republic of Korea). reported
The Dong-A Ilbo reported on the 22nd that, according to multiple government sources, "It is known that the issue of North Korea's denuclearization is highly likely not to be mentioned directly in the text." .
Politico said, “The remaining issue in the textual consultation is how to put in the denuclearization clause,” one of the sources said, “It is not a sticking point. “Both sides agree,” the report said, explaining that it was just a matter of expressing whether or not to include North Korea’s official name, ‘DPRK’.
The Biden administration changed its name to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) by the White House spokesperson and the State Department. The former Trump Republican government referred to it as North Korea (NK), and the Moon Jae-in administration has also used it as NK.
The Dong-A Ilbo confirmed in a previous government source report that the Korean and US governments were coordinating the text of the declaration to end the war in a way that included the content of “the declaration of an end to the Korean War does not affect the current armistice agreement system.” As the armistice system is directly related to key issues of the ROK-U.S. alliance, such as the presence of US forces in Korea and the status of the United Nations Command, the declaration of an end to the war will clearly state that the armistice will not shake the armistice itself. It is said that they are discussing ways to include the phrases in the text. It is known that the issue of North Korea's denuclearization is highly likely not to be mentioned directly in the text."
Politico continued, “Agreeing with the text is the easy part. The difficult part is actually getting all four parties to the war - North and South Korea, the United States, and China - to sign it," he said. It is unclear whether this will continue.”
US President Biden announced on the 23rd that 110 countries including Taiwan were included in the invitation list for the ‘Democracy Summit’ hosted by President Biden on the 9th and 10th of next month, and Taiwan was included in the key Indo-Pacific Alliance.