Key facts
- North Korea has not responded to South Korean President Lee Jae Myung's proposal for dialogue to officially end the Korean War.
- The proposal was made during a Liberation Day address on Saturday.
- North Korea's state media has not reported on Lee's address, instead focusing on anniversary events.
- North Korea has previously been unresponsive to Seoul's reconciliatory gestures.
- North Korea's Kim Jong Un reaffirmed ties with Russia.
North Korea has remained silent on South Korean President Lee Jae Myung's proposal to officially end the 1950-53 Korean War. Lee made the proposal for dialogue to establish a peace regime during a Liberation Day address on Saturday, marking the anniversary of Korea's liberation from Japanese colonial rule. The Korean Peninsula technically remains at war as the conflict concluded with an armistice, not a peace treaty.