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The korean war ended in 1953, techniy it's still ongoing because there was no peace treaty to end it. what would be the consequences from seoul's perspective, where you stand in sth korea? >> again, it would be a huge victory for the current government. the moon jae-in government. it's largely symbolic, and everybody knows that the korean war is over. the korean war ended. about 40,000 americans lost their lives in that war. technically the parties are still at war, but it would be just a formality really at this stage. ending that war. it would be highly symbolic. both the north and the south...

We're going to get, there will be some talk about reaching an end of the war. i wouldn't be surprised if at the end of the day we have some statement that says that the parties are committed to working toward denuclearization of the korean peninsula and working toward ending the war, formally ending the war. that's what we're seeing -- the guidance we're getting here in seoul, anyway, that that will be the main messages. that will be what they've been driving for. but the devil is in the details. does ending a war that has been over for decades actually do anything? it gives people here a symb...

To the point he's raising about whether that is a symbolic thing. i think the point earlier, an agreemento end the war might also be expected to take away the legal if not political justification for having tens of thousands of u.s. troops in south korea. so whether it was greeted symbic practically we'd have to see. >> there's a difference between piece declaration and a peace treaty where you sign. >> an armistice. >> yes. >> you can have a peace declaration. say it, let's end the war, the hostilitie hostilities. we can do that particularly if north korea puts something on the table. but for...