North Korean Leader Seeks End to Confrontation with South.

North Korean Leader Seeks End to Confrontation with South.(Fars).The address by Kim, who took over power in the state after his father, Kim Jong-il, died in 2011, appeared to take the place of the policy-setting New Year editorial published in leading state newspapers, Reuters reported.
"An important issue in putting an end to the division of the country and achieving its reunification is to remove confrontation between the North and the South," Kim said.
"The past records of inter-Korean relations show that confrontation between fellow countrymen leads to nothing but war".
The New Year address was the first in 19 years by a North Korean leader after the death of Kim Il-sung, Kim Jong-un's grandfather.
Kim Jong-il rarely spoke in public and disclosed his national policy agenda in editorials in state newspapers.
“(Kim’s statement) apparently contains a message that he has an intention to dispel the current face-off (between the two Koreas), which could eventually be linked with the North’s call for aid (from the South),” said Kim Tae-woo, a North Korea expert at the state-funded Korea Institute for National Unification.
“But such a move does not necessarily mean any substantive change in the North Korean regime’s policy towards the South.”
Last month, South Korea elected as President Park Geun-hye.Park has vowed to pursue engagement with the South and called for dialogue to build confidence.Hmmmm.......Winter he needs food. Read the full story here, more here.