The North Korean leader called on the United States to respect the current situation for peaceful coexistence.

Kim Jong-un, the leader of North Korea, said today: "If the United States respects our current status and abandons its confrontational policy towards North Korea... then we can certainly coexist peacefully with the United States."bi

Comment: This is a clear and explicit statement from the North Korean side, with clear bottom lines: peaceful coexistence is possible, but the prerequisite is that the United States must respect the current situation of North Korea and abandon its confrontational policy. The language is gentle, but the position is firm, directly placing the key to whether relations can ease in the hands of the United States.

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