If South Korea Lifts ‘Hostility’ We Are Ready to Talk: Kim Yo Jong

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's well-known sister said Friday that her country is prepared to restart negotiations with South Korea if the latter do
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If South Korea Lifts ‘Hostility’ We Are Ready to Talk: Kim Yo Jong
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's well-known sister said Friday that her country is prepared to restart negotiations with South Korea if the latter does not irritate the North with hostile actions and double standards. Kim Yo Jong made the comment in response to South Korean President Moon Jae-repeated's efforts for a proclamation ending the 1950-53 Korean War as a means of restoring peace.  Her offer came only days after North Korea conducted its first missile testing in six months and South Korea conducted its first submarine-launched missile test. "If (South) Korea distances itself from the past, when it provoked and criticized us at every turn with its double standards, and restores sincerity in its words and actions, abandoning its hostility, we will be willing to resume close communication and constructive discussions about restoring and developing relations," Kim Yo Jong said. "We must assure mutual respect toward one another and reject biased ideas, severely…