North Korea remains silent about South Korea's new government's conciliatory policy: 75 years since the outbreak of the Korean War, when will peace be seen between North and South Korea?

The 25th of this month marks 75 years since the Korean War broke out in 1950. A ceasefire agreement was signed in July 1953, but it was only a ceasefire and the war has not yet ended.
On the same day, President Lee Jae-myung posted on social media that he was aiming to resume dialogue and cooperation between the two Koreas.
The situation worsened with the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, but since taking office on the 4th of this month, President Lee has been working on a policy of reconciliation with the North. Meanwhile, North Korea has so far maintained its lack of response.
The Korean War was a conflict over the sovereignty of the Korean Peninsula between South Korea and North Korea, which were established in 1948 as divided nations of the Korean people.
It began in June 1950 when North Korea invaded South Korea in an attempt to unify the country by force. The United Nations decided to impose sanctions on North Korea and deployed UN forces, mainly composed of US troops, to the Korean peninsula.
In response, China sent the Chinese People's Volunteer Army to support North Korea. The back-and-forth fighting, which resulted in many casualties on both sides, continued until an armistice agreement was signed in 1953.
The agreement was signed on July 27, 1953, between the United Nations Command, the North Korean People's Army, and the Chinese People's Volunteer Army. South Korea opposed the armistice and refused to sign it, but the agreement ended military presence around the 38th parallel.
A demarcation line was established, and about 2km from the line on both the north and south sides were designated as demilitarized zones (DMZs). On the 25th of this month, it was 75 years since the outbreak of the Korean War. The military demarcation line still exists, and the area between North and South Korea is designated as a demilitarized zone (DMZ).
The situation remains the same today, with soldiers pointing their guns at people. On the same day, Lee mentioned the Korean War on social media, saying, "The war shook our lives to their very core. Many people lost their families and their loved ones.
"We were forced to leave our hometowns and our peaceful lives were brutally destroyed," he wrote. "But we rose again, embraced hope, overcame our wounds, and moved forward toward a better tomorrow."
Lee added, "Today's Korea was not created naturally. It was created thanks to the sacrifices and dedication of the soldiers who defended the battlefields, the veterans who fought in the war, their families, and the people who have lived with the scars of war.
"This was only possible because of the efforts of the people of Japan," he said. "Creating a country that will never again experience war is the right way to respond to the sacrifices and dedication of so many people," he said. "The era of relying solely on military power to protect the country is over.
"It is more important to win without fighting than to win by fighting. The most certain security is to create a state in which there is no need to fight, in other words, to create peace," he said, expressing his determination to build peace on the Korean Peninsula.
Lee, who took office as president on the 4th of this month, has changed course from the hardline policy toward North Korea of the previous Yun administration and is promoting the improvement of inter-Korean relations through dialogue.
The government has also halted its military propaganda broadcasts to North Korea. In addition, as it selects new cabinet members, it has nominated the candidate for Minister of the Ministry of Unification, who also served as Minister of the Ministry under the Roh Moo-hyun administration.
The ruling Democratic Party of Korea nominated Jeong Dong-yeon. During his term as minister from 2004 to 2005, Jeong visited North Korea as a special envoy and met with then-General Secretary Kim Jong-il in an exclusive interview.
The statement calling for North Korea to abandon its nuclear weapons program and rejoin the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) was also agreed upon during the six-party talks held during Chung's term as minister.
Regarding Lee's plan to reappoint Chung, who served as the prime minister in the past, the South Korean newspaper Hankyoreh commented, "This shows President Lee's intention to find a way out of the deadlock in North-South relations."
"It is the command of the 50 million (South Korean) people to first establish peace," Chung told reporters on the 24th. He also said that the situation has been completely cut off between the North and the South for six years.
He called the situation "abnormal" and said the first task for the Ministry of Unification is to resolve the lack of communication, expressing his desire to resume inter-Korean dialogue when he takes office.
On the 19th, the Ministry of Unification approved two applications for humanitarian aid by South Korean non-governmental organizations to contact North Korean residents.
In the past, the government effectively banned private organizations from negotiating with North Korea, but the Lee administration is working to relax this ban.
"We have determined that the situation requires the restoration of the tunnel, and after discussions with relevant agencies, we have decided to actively consider applications from private citizens for contact with residents in the North," the ministry said.
The Lee administration has shown a desire to resume inter-Korean dialogue, but North Korea has not responded to this so far. However, South Korea has been holding talks near the military demarcation line.
On the 11th, North Korea stopped its military propaganda broadcasts to South Korea, and on the same night, North Korea also stopped its "noise broadcasts" to South Korea in the same area. However, it is unclear whether this was a response to the South Korean measures.
It is unclear whether the government is in a position to take responsibility for the government's actions. An expanded meeting of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea was held in North Korea on the 21st-23rd, but the contents of the meeting made public did not include any mention of the Ri administration.
"There was a view that Kim Jong Un would use this meeting to send some kind of message in response to the recent intentions of the Trump administration and the Lee Jae Myung administration of South Korea to improve relations with North Korea, but
"But there was no mention of anything related to the contents of the announcement," the report said. Last year, Kim Jong Un amended the constitution to designate South Korea as the "main enemy," and as a measure to that effect, he bombed roads and railways leading to South Korea.
Attention is focused on whether North Korea will show any signs of reaction to the reconciliatory measures being pursued by the Lee administration.