Kim Jong Un raised the issue of reshaping South Korean relations "as required by the prevailing situation and the changed times". - Reuters
SEOUL (Reuters): North Korean leader Kim Jong-un explored ways to renew inter-Korean ties and vowed to expand foreign relations, state media said on Friday (Jan 8), as he hosted a rare party congress less than two weeks before US President-elect Joe Biden takes office.
The eighth congress of the ruling Workers' Party came amid a prolonged gridlock in negotiations aimed at dismantling North Korea's nuclear and missile programmes in return for US sanction relief.
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