美국무부 "한반도 평화체제 노력은 완전한 비핵화 진전에 달려"<br /><br /> Improvement in Seoul-Pyeongyang ties must be in "lock step" with progress towards the denuclearization of North Korea.<br /> That's coming from the U.S. State Department in a reply to a request by Radio Free Asia, for a review on the English version of the Panmunjom declaration uploaded to the UN this month.<br />The focus was specifically on the part about working to declare the end to the Korean War before the year is up.<br />The department is also known to have pointed out that "efforts toward a lasting peace regime are dependent on progress toward complete denuclearization." <br />