Foreign Media Urgently Reports Kim Jong-un's Speech on 'Restoration of Inter-Korean Communication Line'

Bloomberg "Delivers Conciliatory Message to Korea"
AP "North Korea Mixes Peaceful Proposals with Military Displays"

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[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Suhwan] Major foreign media outlets urgently reported on the 30th following North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un's speech at the Supreme People's Assembly the previous day.

They particularly focused on Kim's remarks regarding the restoration of inter-Korean communication lines and North Korea?U.S. relations.

Bloomberg News noted that although North Korea announced the successful launch of a hypersonic missile the day before, escalating military threats, "Kim Jong-un delivered a conciliatory message to South Korea," positively evaluating the restoration of the inter-Korean communication lines.

The outlet added, "With less than a year remaining in President Moon Jae-in's term, improving relations with North Korea is being treated as a top priority policy."

Russia's Sputnik News reported in an urgent article that Kim expressed his intention to restore the inter-Korean communication lines in early October.

In a follow-up article, Sputnik interpreted that Kim "pointed out a hidden hostile attitude toward the U.S. dialogue proposal and rejected it."

AP News also transmitted an urgent Seoul dispatch stating, "North Korean leader Kim Jong-un said that the suspended communication lines with South Korea will be restored in early October."

In a subsequent article, AP added, "North Korea has recently sought conditional talks with South Korea, which represents a return to a method mixing peaceful proposals with military demonstrations to extract concessions from external parties."

Earlier, the Korean Central News Agency reported, "Comrade Kim Jong-un delivered a historic policy speech titled 'On the Immediate Direction of Struggle for New Development of Socialist Construction' at the 2nd day of the 5th session of the 14th Supreme People's Assembly on September 29."

In his speech, Kim expressed his intention to "restore the inter-Korean communication lines, which had been severed due to deteriorated relations, starting from early October as part of efforts to realize the hopes and aspirations of the nation."

South and North Korea had restored communication lines in July after 13 months, but North Korea unilaterally cut the lines on the 10th of last month, just two weeks later, citing the joint South Korea-U.S. military exercises as the reason.

Regarding the United States, Kim pointed out, "As clearly shown by the actions over the past eight months since the emergence of the new U.S. administration, the U.S. military threats and hostile policies toward us have not changed at all," adding, "On the contrary, their forms and methods have become more cunning."

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