{"id":289,"date":"2015-01-01T08:39:34","date_gmt":"2015-01-01T08:39:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/box5917.temp.domains\/~iriacom\/\/news\/?p=289"},"modified":"2015-01-12T15:27:12","modified_gmt":"2015-01-12T15:27:12","slug":"north-korean-ready-for-the-highest-level-of-talks-with-south-korea-kim-jong-un","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/north-korean-ready-for-the-highest-level-of-talks-with-south-korea-kim-jong-un\/","title":{"rendered":"North Korean ready for the \u201chighest-level\u201d of talks with South Korea: Kim Jong-un"},"content":{"rendered":"

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un says he is ready for the \u201chighest-level\u201d of talks with neighboring South Korea, days after Seoul proposed such negotiations between the two sides.<\/p>\n

Kim made the remarks during his traditional New Year message on Thursday.<\/p>\n

\u201cDepending on the mood and circumstances to be created, we have no reason not to hold the highest-level talks,\u201d<\/em> the North Korean leader said. \u201cWe will make every effort to advance dialogue and negotiations.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Kim further called for a \u201cbig change\u201d to mend the strained ties between the two Koreas.<\/p>\n

On December 29, 2014, South Korea\u2019s Unification Minister Ryoo Kihl-jae offered the high-level talks with the North to discuss issues of \u201cmutual concern.\u201d<\/p>\n

Also Read:\u00a0South Korea offers to hold high-level talks with North Korea<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Back in 2007, South Korea\u2019s late President Roh Moo-hyun and the North\u2019s late leader Kim Jong-il held a summit.<\/p>\n

The two Koreas last held high-level negotiations in February. Those talks resulted in a reunion of families separated by the 1950-53 Korean War. The two Koreas had earlier agreed to restart dialogue when a top-ranking North Korean delegation made a surprise visit to the Asian Games held in South Korea in October 2014.<\/p>\n

The Korean Peninsula has been locked in a cycle of escalating military rhetoric since the Korean War. No peace deal has been signed since then, meaning that the two Koreas remain technically at war.<\/p>\n

Press TV<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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