North Korea could 'get along' with US, says Kim Jong Un

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has announced plans to expand his country's nuclear weapons program while proposing conditional engagement with the United States at a major party congress in Pyongyang. Kim stated North Korea could establish positive relations with Washington only if the US acknowledges North Korea's nuclear status as permanent and abandons hostile policies toward the regime. In contrast to his measured approach toward America, Kim took a hardline stance against South Korea, declaring it the North's primary enemy and permanently excluding it from consideration as a fellow Korean nation.