Do you think South Korea has legal standing to end The Korean Armistice Agreement?

2018-04-21T22:29:22-04:00

All this talk about North and South Korea ending The Korean Armistice Agreement. South Korea wasn't even a signature to the agreement so do they have standing in its ending? Signatories; United Nations Command (USA), Korean People's Army, China.

Response by SSG William Jones made Apr 21 at 2018 10:45 PM

2018-04-21T22:45:18-04:00

I think they certainly have a voice in the matter.

Response by Maj John Bell made Apr 21 at 2018 11:04 PM

2018-04-21T23:04:43-04:00

Ultimately the only two parties that need to agree are North Korea and South Korea.

I am trying to imagine them both agreeing to a permanent peace and the UN, US, or China saying "NOT SO FAST!!!."

Response by SPC Erich Guenther made Apr 21 at 2018 11:13 PM

2018-04-21T23:13:29-04:00

That's a good point as South Korea was not officially a member of the U.N. until 1991. Not sure how that is going to pan out.

Response by MCPO Roger Collins made Apr 22 at 2018 9:16 AM

2018-04-22T09:16:51-04:00

What relevance would the Armistice be if the two sovereign nations agree to reunify? In my view, if the two countries opened their borders, within a decade, plain old capitalism would spread and both countries would benefit. I ask you, what has been the results of Vietnam?

Response by SGM Bill Frazer made Apr 22 at 2018 10:03 PM

2018-04-22T22:03:45-04:00

Technically no they don't- but as a sovereign nation they can decide to be friendlier.