South Korean President Proposes Talks to End Korean War

The president of South Korea made a big speech on a special holiday called Liberation Day.

The holiday celebrates when Korea was freed from Japan's rule long ago.

In his speech, he asked North Korea to sit down and talk with South Korea.

He wants the two countries to officially end their long-running war.

A long time ago, the two Koreas fought a war, but they only signed an armistice, which is an agreement to stop fighting.

That means the war never really ended.

The president says this armistice system is unstable and wants to replace it with an official peace agreement.

He also wants to talk about stopping North Korea from building nuclear weapons.

North Korea has not been answering South Korea's friendly offers for a while.

Still, the president says he hopes the two sides can meet face-to-face for peaceful coexistence.