# The Korean War never ended: Why is South Korea trying again?

https://mins.news/en/video/23473

- DW News, 2026-08-16 12:14 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGnHJSPNmRg

> More than 70 years after the Korean Peninsula was divided by war, South Korea’s president is calling for talks to bring the conflict to an end. Anthony Howard discusses Seoul’s dramatic policy shift, Kim Jong Un’s closer ties with Moscow and whether North Korea needs a peace deal with Professor Robert Kelly in Busan.

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