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The World Council of Churches (WCC) shared greetings, ideas, and solidarity on 27 July with the International Conference on the 70th Anniversary of Armistice Agreement on the Korean Peninsula.

Anniversaries ending in zero or five are likely to focus special attention on the lessons of history. None is more portentous than the 70th anniversary this week of the signing of the truce that halted the Korean War on July 27, 1953.

The 70th anniversary of the armistice that ended the Korean War was commemorated on both sides of the Demilitarized Zone Thursday, but the deep divisions on the peninsula were evident in the very different ways North and South Korea marked the milestone.

Korean War veteran Ryu Jae-sik has had a bullet fired by a Chinese soldier lodged in his chest for 70 years, a constant reminder of the conflict that never ended.

WASHINGTON -- China and Russia have a role to play in bringing North Korea to the dialogue table, a state department spokesperson said Tuesday, insisting the two countries are also required to do so as members of the United Nations Security Council. Vedant Patel, principal deputy spokesperson for the state department, added the United States remains open to engaging with Pyongyang without any preconditions. "Bot...

Korean War veteran Ryu Jae-sik has had a bullet fired by a Chinese soldier lodged in his chest for 70 years, a constant reminder of the conflict that never ended."I've lived 70 years with a bullet from a Chinese communist army machine gun stuck in the centre of my body," Ryu told AFP, adding that he still had terrifying memories of the bloody fighting he saw as a teen.

SEOUL - Tourists should expect far stricter supervision if visits to the border between North and South Korea resume, analysts said, after US soldier Travis King used an organised tour to get close enough to dash across to North Korea last week. The US Army private joined a tour party visiting the so-called truce village of Panmunjom on July 18,...

The Russian delegation will take part in festivities dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the end of the Korean War. "This visit will help strengthen Russian-North Korean ties and will be a milestone in the development of cooperation between the two countries," the ministry added. Earlier, North Korean state media, the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), reported that the minister will pay a congratulatory visit to the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea on the occasion of the 70th ann...

It is unclear if this signals a change in Pyongyang's border policies.

Russian and Chinese delegations are the first to visit after the country shut borders due to the pandemic.