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'Peace-loving' North Korea claims credit for thaw with US

North Korea sure knows irony. Peace-loving?  As they threaten military action over and over again against South Korea, Japan and America.  North Korea really loves peace. As more than 200,000 of its citizens are incarcerated in that countries system of gulags.  Just so you know, it isn't the individual  accused but their entire family.  Irony knows no bounds in North Korea.

State media hits out at suggestions rapprochement on the peninsula is a result of sanctions and Donald Trump’s ‘maximum pressure’ campaign

North Korea has commented for the first time on the recent rapprochement on the peninsula, saying warming relations with Seoul and Washington are thanks to its “proactive measure and peace-loving proposal”.

North Korea also dismissed suggestions international sanctions were the cause of improved ties in a commentary published by the country’s official Korean Central News Agency, instead saying diplomatic efforts were a sign of Pyongyang’s strength and confidence.

“The great change in the North-South relations is not an accidental one but a noble fruition made thanks to the DPRK’s proactive measure, warm compatriotism and will for defending peace,” the commentary said, referring to the North by its official name, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.

Remember North Korea's military sank a South Korean naval vessel and shelled an island belonging to South Korea. Now that's peace.