UNITED NATIONS: A hundred prominent women from 38 countries have directed a petition to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon urging him to fulfill his promise to achieve a permanent peace to end the Korean War. That latest move “is viewed by countries in the region as a highly provocative and potentially destabilizing move,” the letter says, referring especially to China. The letter was co-sponsored by Women Cross DMZ — which organized a peaceful walk across the zone last year — and the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom. The Korean War (1950-1953) ended with an armistice, not a formal peace treaty, leaving the Korean peninsula technically at war for the past 63 years. A peace treaty between the Koreas must be signed by the United States and China, which both took part in the conflict.

Source: Manila Times September 28, 2016 03:33 UTC