Seoul, Sep 30 (AP) North Korean leader Kim Jong Un says he'll restore stalled communication lines with South Korea in early October.

Kim's comments carried in a state media report on Thursday came a day after North Korea claimed to have performed it first hypersonic missile test in the latest in a series of its weapons tests this month.

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The Korean Central News Agency quotes Kim as saying the measure is aimed at realizing the Korean people's wishes for a peace between the two Koreas.

KCNA says Kim made the instruction while urging South Korea to abandon “unfair double-dealing standards” and “hostile policies.”

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Kim also says America's “hostile policies” and “military threats” remain unchanged and that its recent offer for dialogues is nothing but an attempt to conceal such a hostility.

Some experts say North Korea has been trying to push Seoul to convince Washington to ease economic sanctions and make other concessions or drive a wedge between the allies. (AP)

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