Commentary: Improving diplomacy and direct communication with North Korea would allow the U.S. to resolve sensitive matters and deescalate tensions more quickly.
A person walks past prayer ribbons for reunification of the two Koreas on a wire fence at the Imjingak Pavilion, near the Demilitarized Zone, on July 19, 2023, in Paju, South Korea.
July 27 marked the 70th anniversary of the armistice agreement establishing a cease-fire in the Korean War. This temporary agreement has never been replaced by a permanent peace treaty. As a result, more than 75 million people on the Korean Peninsula live in an ongoing state of war, experienced as the potential for active hostility at any time.
We are all longtime residents of Chicago, and all of us have close family members and friends in South Korea. Many of them live in Seoul, a metropolitan region of almost 10 million people, which is only 35 miles from the Demilitarized Zone and border with North Korea. All men in South Korea are required to serve in the military for at least 18 months.
, which would create a pathway to a peace treaty between the United States and North Korea — the first, essential step toward building true collective security in the region.M.J. Moore: Cultural artifacts inspired by the Korean War prove it is hardly forgotten 70 years laterThe bill urges the U.S. government to engage in direct talks with the North Korean government and end the ban on travel by U.S. citizens to North Korea. More than 100,000 Americans are directly affected by the travel ban.
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