Kim Yo Jong, the influential sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, reached out to South Korea for the second time in as many days, saying Pyongyang would consider taking part in another inter-Korean summit and declaring an end to the war if Seoul would adopt a less hostile policy.
"I felt that the atmosphere of the South Korean public desiring to recover the inter-Korean relations from a deadlock and achieve peaceful stability as soon as possible is irresistibly strong,” Kim Yo Jong said in a statement issued by the official Korean Central News Agency. "We, too, have the same desire,” she said.
Kim’s statement follows one she issued through KCNA on Friday saying South Korean President Moon Jae-in’s proposal to officially declare an end to the Korean War is an "interesting and good idea” in that it suggests a cessation of hostilities between the two sides. The countries are still technically at war after the 1950-53 conflict ended in an armistice rather than a peace treaty.
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