Signs of an end to the Korean stalemate: CEN 8.31.07

THERE ARE signs that the 54-year old stalemate between North and South Korea may be coming to an end, the CMS’ Head of Communications John Martin stated following a visit to the peninsula. Martin noted that there were ‘encouraging signs’ in the political relations between the two countries, officially still at war, including a scheduled visit by South Korean President Roh Moo-Hyun to Pyongyang on Oct 2-4, and the July decision by the North in July to close its Yongbyon nuclear reactor project. Read it all in The Church of England Newspaper