NORTH KOREA SAYS COULD RENEW TIES WITH U.S. UNDER TRUMP IF TROOPS GO

If a U.S. administration of Donald Trump withdraws troops and equipment from South Korea and secures a peace treaty ending war on the peninsula, it could lead to normalizing relations with North Korea, a Pyongyang envoy told Reuters on Thursday. But for now North Korea will pursue its policy of "simultaneous development" of both its nuclear program and the economy, So Se Pyong, North Korea's Ambassador to the U.N. in Geneva said. "It will be continued." So spoke in an interview at the diplomatic mission of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) in Geneva, as North Korean officials began "unofficial and informal discussions" with U.S. academics.