Asia North Korea launches two ballistic missiles into the Sea of Japan
The influential sister of North Korean leader
Kim Jong Un
on Friday urged South Korea to abandon its "hostile policies" against Pyongyang before proposing an official end to the 70-year-old war between the two countries.
The conflict, which broke out in 1950 on that Asian peninsula, ended in 1953 with a truce, but a peace agreement was never signed, so both sides have been technically at war ever since.
In a speech to the UN General Assembly this week, South Korean President
Moon Jae-in
proposed a
statement that would officially end the conflict
, assuring that it would foster "irreversible progress in denuclearization and lead to a time of complete peace. ".
In statements collected by the official KCNA agency, Kim Jong Un's sister and adviser,
Kim Yo Jong,
said that proposing a formal peace was an "admirable idea", but urged the South to abandon its hostile attitude in the first place.
Making these statements with "double standards, prejudices and hostile policies" still in force "does not make any sense," said Kim Yo Jong, who was open to improving relations with Seoul if they changed their attitude.
The crossover statement comes amid an upsurge in tension on the Korean peninsula. Pyongyang conducted two ballistic tests this month and Seoul announced the successful launch of ballistic missiles from a submarine as part of developing its defensive capabilities.
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