N. Korea to renew ties with Washington if U.S. troops withdraw from Korean peninsula

"주한미군 철수시 북 미 관계 정상화 가능": 북 제네바 대사

North Korea had an interesting comment regarding the possibility of peace on the peninsula.
According to the regime, if the Trump administration removes the U.S. military presence from the South, and secures a peace treaty ending war on the Korean peninsula, the two countries could normalize their relations.
Kim Hyun-bin has more on the hermit kingdom's proposition.
In an interview with Reuters,... Pyongyang's Ambassador to the UN in Geneva, So Se-pyong, said for now... North Korea will pursue its policy of "simultaneous development" of both its nuclear program and the economy.
While campaigning for the presidency,... U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said in May that he was open to talking with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un... and has emphasized that China needs to take a greater role in the issue.
The North Korean envoy said that resuming dialogue was up to his supreme leader,.. but added that the U.S. should ease its hostile policy toward the North, withdraw all U.S. troops from the Korean peninsula, and secure a peace treaty to normalize relations.
The U.S. has said on multiple occasions that the alliance between Seoul and Washington is rock solid.
To better prepare for a potential crisis on the peninsula, the United States has around 29-thousand troops stationed in South Korea, as the two Koreas remain in a technical state of war since the Korean War ended with an armistice agreement in 1953.
The North's envoy held the interview as North Korean officials began what he called "unofficial and informal discussions" with U.S. academics and former U.S. officials in Geneva.
Choe Son-hui, North Korea's negotiator for the stalled six-party talks on its nuclear program, is leading the North's four-person team.
The American side includes Joel Wit, co-founder of 38 North,... a U.S. website and think tank on North Korea.
The two countries have had no official talks since Kim Jong-un came to power in late 2011.
Kim Hyun-bin, Arirang News.