North Korean television showed for the first time the flag of South Korea, Seoul is regarded as Pyongyang's willingness to engage in dialogue - Mirror of the Week

South Korea intends to provide humanitarian assistance to the DPRK in the event of a resumption of dialogue between the two countries.

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North Korean television for the first time in its history has shown the flag of South Korea. The flag was shown in the records held at the Paris World Championships in table tennis. As reported by the Japanese media, the South Korean flag was clearly visible at the scoreboard with a score of one of the games in which the victorious athletes from North Korea.

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Kazhdvy time the flag could not be cut out of the frame, its image “blurred”.

in Seoul suggest that lifting the ban on the demonstration of their flag may indicate that North Korea is ready for dialogue.

South Korean authorities have declared that they are ready to provide humanitarian aid to North Korea if Pyongyang agrees to talks, reported South Korean Yonhap news agency.

“Seoul is willing to provide North Korea a number of proposals in the event of a resumption of dialogue on the Korean peninsula,” – said the president’s adviser on international affairs and national security Joo Ki-chul.

However, he stressed that the policy of Seoul is mainly aimed at solving the DPRK nuclear program. “Under the progress made in this matter we understand the refusal of the North’s nuclear arsenal,” – said the presidential adviser.

relations between South Korea and North Korea severely strained at the beginning of April this year after Pyongyang in response to a South Korean-US military exercises declared invalid the armistice agreement with the South. After that, North Korea defiantly began preparing for tests of ballistic missiles of various ranges on its eastern coast, and suspended work together with South Korea’s Kaesong Industrial Zone.

In early May, Pyongyang stopped making strong statements against their neighbors, but the prospect of a return to dialogue remains vague, especially after a period of from 18 to 20 May the North Korean armed forces carried out six runs short-range missiles into the Sea of ??Japan. In Seoul, condemned the attacks and called on North Korea to stop provocations. Materials: Rosbalt

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