No Blood For Kimchi!

With the average American's attention span lasting somewhere around three weeks, or about the time between pseudo-celebrity concerts for a ridiculous cause, the fact we've never formally ended the Korean War seems to have slipped under the radar.

Of course, at the same time, probably 99% of Americans schoolchildren couldn't point Korea out on a map, but they surely are all "aware" the polar ice caps are melting and we need to solve the "crisis" soon or we're all dead.

U.S. working toward accord to end Korean War: WSJ

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. strategists are exploring how to implement a peace accord to officially end the 1950-53 Korean War and hope to start discussions with North Korea as soon as year end, The Wall Street Journal reported on Monday.

North Korea is expected to shut down its Yongbyon nuclear reactor in coming days in return for an aid shipment of 50,000 tons of fuel oil, a sign the Pyongyang government is moving ahead with its disarmament pledge, the Journal said on its online edition, citing senior U.S. officials.

If the disarmament process proceeds, the Bush administration hopes to start discussing a formal peace treaty with Pyongyang by year-end, the journal said, citing Christopher Hill, the assistant secretary of state leading Washington's talks with North Korea.