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N. Korea reiterates need for peace treaty with U.S.

Pyongyang demands the Washington abolish anti-DPRK policy, saying 'strategic patience' has failed

North Korea reiterated its call for a peace treaty with the U.S. on Thursday via a white paper published by the North’s Korea Jurists Committee.

The committee said that the U.S. violated clause D of article 13 – which regulates bringing weapons into Korea – of the Armistice Agreement ending the Korean War. It also faulted the U.S. for its 1991 decision designating a Korean general as the representative of the military armistice commission (MAC).

“A peace treaty is an international one which should be concluded to put a definite end to the state of war from a legal point of