Koreans who live in, have lived in, or have family in Korea: How do you feel about the apparent peace agreements and declaration of the end of the war? What is the sentiment of other Koreans who you know who are close to the issue?

1. Significant skepticism
   — -917-


2. Im half korean, and most of my mothers side lives in sk. Watching the video was definitely crazy. They looked pleasant towards each other and thats nice, but I think most of us are skeptical. This is just the beginning, I really want to wait and see what else will happen. I do hope its genuinely going towards a positive situation. Weirdly enough I was talking to a coworker about wanting to do research on what would happen to the global and local economy if north and south were no longer seperated. The culture shock north koreans would have, to learn the actual reality of other countries, etc.
   — pandagirl420_69


3. Our family is pretty skeptical. My uncle said they're only doing it because they need aid or other resources. He doesn't trust the agreement one bit.
   — m1nhC






4. My wife has a Korean coworker who doesn't like Moon and is worried about this treaty. Mostly because she believes Moon is too friendly to North Korea and too easy on Kim Jung Un. But idk what else she has to say about it.
   — boundbythecurve


5. Not Korean, but living there. Most of my friends/aquaintances seems to be vocally happy about the progress \(Facebook and Instagram sharing\), but there is one who is very very sceptic. As a Korean studies graduate student in Korea, I am really hopefull it will lead to improvements and isn't some trick to backstab South Korea later. My peers seems to share similar feelings.
   — MapleGiraffe


6. I am Korean living in Korea. I feel happy that this day has come! My friends are posting photos of President Moon and Kim on instagram and saying they are happy what’s happening now. There are some skeptical views saying we can’t believe NK, but still lots of people are just happy to witness today. I’m seeing hopes and dreams all around the country. Edit: typo
   — OverenthusiasticRam






7. Some Koreans are not necessarily happy with treaty not because they can't trust North Korea, but because they do not want an unification. South Korea is part of G20, which means that they are ahead of North Korea BY FAR. Of course, in long term, unification will definitely benefit Korea as a whole, but since both countries are now very different, some rather says that they would prefer two countries to remain separate but rather an ally.
   — Prosperatio


8. Wonderful question OP. I particularly want to know how the adults feel; 30+. Personally i live in America and was adopted but i have a sense of hope and joy from this whole meeting. Whether these talks are actually going to end the war is still up in the air but this is progress.
   — RikTheStripper


9. I'm going to tack onto this if that's ok, as opposed to making an entire post for it. Also, I don't know a whole lot, as a disclaimer... What does this treaty mean? They ended a war that has been cold for decades, and I don't see NK restructuring their entire country, or opening their borders. Will the demilitarized zone still be there? Will people still get killed for getting too close without permission? Maybe they open up trade, but what does the impoverished NK have to offer? What are the benefits of this, other than a formality of peace?
   — Mikealoped






10. Specify South Koreans only,the North ones cant see this anyway
    — BurekSaDjevrekom


11. As an outsider looking in. It seems to me that this could be the nucleus of North Korea moving in the same direction as China did, with a mutual guarantee of perpetual sovereignty for both north and south.
    — alternatehistoryin3d