China and South Korea quietly agreed this week to engage in a joint effort to denuclearize the Korean Peninsula.  The announcement came on the sidelines of the Xiangshan Forum, a conference focused on Asia-Pacific security. 

The two countries have resumed bilateral defense talks that were suspended in 2014, signaling a thaw in tensions that arose over Seoul’s decision to deploy a U.S. anti-missile system, according to the Yonhap News Agency.   

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