nearly 70 years after the korean war ended in a cease-fire, the u.s. and south korea appear close to declaring a formal end to the cold war conflict. now, south korea's foreign minister said washington and seoul have agreed on a draft declaration ending a war. north korea, meantime, recently dismissed such a declaration as premature because of hostile u.s. policy. but the u.s. state department counters and says that the u.s. has no hostile intentions towards north korea and is willing to meet with pyeongyang without preconditions. lebanon's people have had a difficult time in 2021 from a crumbling economy to shortages of basic necessities to still unanswered questions on 2020's deadly port explosion. cnn's ben wedemen was witness to much of it, and he now breaks down the country's struggles this year.