1st LD: Top DPRK leader stresses reunification

Kim Jong Un, the top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, said the most important work for his ruling party is to realize national reunification, according to the official KCNA news agency.

In an address to the ruling party's rare national congress, Kim said that in order to achieve national reunification, the most pressing issue before the party is to fundamentally improve his country's relations with South Korea.

He said the two sides should respect each other and join hands to open up a new chapter for improving inter-Korean ties and the campaign for national reunification.

Kim urged South Korea to drop the mentality of confrontation and legal and institutional barriers and to take practical steps to facilitate the development of the relations.

Dialogue and negotiations at all levels should be encouraged and misunderstanding be removed for achieving common prosperity, he added. Endi