South Korea hopes to establish a “peace regime” on the peninsula and to replace the 1953 Armistice Agreement with a peace treaty, a senior ROK official said on Wednesday.

“We are reviewing ways to change the armistice agreement on the Korean peninsula to a peace regime,” the official – who the Blue House has asked remain anonymous – told media at a closed-door briefing.

The news follows comments by U.S. President Donald Trump that reported plans by the two Korea to hold talks to “see if they can end the war” had his “blessing.”

Wednesday saw the Blue House official say