South Korea has expressed skepticism over North's top leader Kim Jong-Un's intentions of improving ties in his recent speech.
Seoul has urged Pyongyang to scrap its nuclear programs to show its commitment to better relations, the China Daily reports.
The Republic of Korea's (ROK) reported plans recently to deploy surveillance radar to a northwestern island in order to step up monitoring of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK).
Kim Jong-un, the DPRK's leader, said in a televised New Year's message that it is time the two neighbors stopped doing anything detrimental to national unity and reconciliation.
Seoul replied by saying that peace and reconciliation cannot be achieved merely by words. In order to improve mutual ties, North Korea must show sincerity in building trust, and above all, it must make genuine efforts for denuclearization.
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