[stylin19a]

the conflict ceased, but I think they (South & North) are laboring under a cease fire. No peace treaty was ever signed, so they are technically still at war.

What troubles me, is, Korea is a UN mission, yet the US is bearing the brunt of the cost of the cease fire.

[sandbox]

Maybe the reason Kim Jong Il keeps shooting missiles and holding nuclear tests is because he actually wants to be attacked, he wants to start a war. Why? Perhaps he is just like one of those nutty megalomaniacs like in the James Bond films.