Kim Jong Un, North Korea’s leader has promised to “improve and normalise” relations with countries that have been hostile in the past, even as he pushes to accelerate its nuclear weapons programme.
In speeches broadcast on state television, Mr Kim said his foreign policy is one of “independence, peace and friendship”. He pledged not to use nuclear weapons unless nuclear-armed “aggressive hostile forces” encroach upon his country’s sovereignty.
Under North Korea’s definition of sovereignty his statement does not appear to rule out an attack on the US or South Korea. The regime regards the latter as an illegitimate state occupying the southern part of Pyongyang’s rightful territory.
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