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January 2, 2013

North Korean Leader Kim Jong-un Gives Rare New Year's Speech 
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North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has called for harmony with South Korea
in what is believed to be the first New Year's television address by a
North Korean leader in 19 years. In a speech broadcast on New Year’s
Day, Kim made no mention of the country’s controversial nuclear
program and said the economy was North Korea's top priority.

Kim Jong-un: "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. The past records of inter-Korean
relations show that confrontation between fellow countrymen leads to
nothing but war."

 

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