
North, South Korea Talks Collapse over Family Reunification Vacation Resort
North and South Korea ended two days of talks without any resolutions to recent disagreements. Neither side could also agree on a future meeting date.

North and South Korea ended two days of talks without any resolutions to recent disagreements. Neither side could also agree on a future meeting date.

The weekend’s crisis on the Korean peninsula ultimately ended with North Korea expressing “regret” over the severe injury of two South Korean soldiers by land mines in the DMZ, while South Korea agreed to turn off the propaganda loudspeakers that had infuriated the North and led to declarations that it was preparing for all-out war.

The Associated Press reports that annual military exercises with South Korea have been halted–indefinitely–due to rising tensions on the DMZ and threats of war from Pyongyang. Is this a concession to North Korea’s threats, a bid to reduce tensions on the peninsula, or is it necessary to give American and South Korean units a chance to prepare for possible combat?