Most of the major media appears to be optimistic over Kim Jong-un's New Year's speech. Below is a roll-up of articles from some of the major media outlets.
But I think we need to keep in mind the regime's "Image First Politics" and not get our hopes up too high. In the end the north's actions will have to speak louder than its words.
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Dave
Washington Post
reunification forces” in South Korea to end their hostility toward the North. The lengthy address, which laid out North Korea's goals for the year, marked Kim's first formal remarks since the election two weeks ago of Park Geun-hye as South Korea's ...
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New York Daily News
SEOUL — Making his first New Year's speech, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called Tuesday for his country to focus on economic improvements with the same urgency that scientists put into the launch of a long-range rocket last month. Kim, shown ...
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USA TODAY
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Tuesday called for improving the economy and living standards of his impoverished nation with the same urgency that scientists showed in successfully testing a long-range rocket recently.
CNN
(CNN) -- In his first New Year's address, the young North Korean leader Kim Jong Un told the nation to embark on "an all-out struggle" to overhaul its destitute economy, while striking a conciliatory tone on relations with the South. Broadcast on state ...
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NBCNews.com (blog)
SEOUL, South Korea -- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called for an end to confrontation between the two Koreas, technically still at war in the absence of a peace treaty to end their 1950-53 conflict, in a surprise New Year speech broadcast on state ...
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The Guardian
North Korea's leader, Kim Jong-un, has called for better ties with South Korea in a rare new year broadcast, warning that history had shown that continued confrontation would lead to "nothing but war". Kim, addressing the country on state media weeks ...
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Voice of America
Inter-Korean tensions were raised in December when North Korea launched a long-range rocket that successfully placed what Pyongyang said was a weather satellite into orbit. The move was condemned by the United Nations Security Council as a violation ...
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Los Angeles Times
In an unusual televised address for the new year, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called to defuse tensions with South Korea and boost the economy of his impoverished nation. “An important issue in putting an end to the division of the country and …
Financial Times
Kim Jong-eun has called for an end to confrontation with South Korea and stressed the importance of economic development in the first televised new year address by a North Korean leader in 19 years. The unusual move was the first such speech since the ...
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BBC News
The North Korean leader has delivered a new year's message on state TV, the first such broadcast for 19 years. Kim Jong-un, in power since 2011, spoke of the need to improve the economy and also to reunify the Koreas, warning that confrontation only ...
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