North and South Korea agree ‘in principle’ on formal end of war

Pyongyang has made end to US hostility a precondition for peace talks after almost 70 years of conflict

South and North Korea, China and the US have agreed in principle" to declare a formal end to the Korean war, almost 70 years after the conflict ended in a shaky truce, the South Korean president, Moon Jae-in, has said.

But Moon conceded that talks on the 1950-53 war were being held back by North Korean objections to present-day US hostility".