North Korea's position on the end-of-war declaration on the Korean Peninsula 

Cheong Seong-Chang

(softpower@sejong.org)

Director of the Center for North Korean Studies, 

The Sejong Institute​ 

English Abstract

At the 2007 and 2018 inter-Korean summits, North Korea took a very active stance in promoting the end-of-war declaration. However, North Korea is now demanding that South Korea stop joint military exercises with the U.S. and withdraw its double standards as conditions for the end-of-war declaration. Therefore, t​his writing will analyze why and how North Korea's stance on the end-of-war declaration has changed and propose the direction of South Korea and the U.S. policy to move beyond the end-of-war declaration.