North Korea could 'get along' with US, says Kim Jong Un
Kim said they could get along if the US accepts that Pyongyang's nuclear weapons are here to stay.
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"If Washington respects our present [nuclear] position as stipulated in the Constitution... there is no reason why we cannot get along well with the United States."
— Kim Jong Un , Politician
"The concept of 'denuclearisation' has already lost its meaning. We have become a nuclear state."
— Kim Jong Un , Politician
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Kim said they could get along if the US accepts that Pyongyang's nuclear weapons are here to stay.
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