The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has said the country is willing to resume talks with the South, if it ended its hostile policies. Kim Yo-jong was responding to a renewed call from the South to officially declare an end to the Korean War. The conflict, which split the peninsula into two, ended in 1953 with an armistice and not a peace treaty. The two countries have technically been at war ever since and locked in a sometimes tense relationship.<br />''<br />''This week, South Korean President Moon Jae-in called for the two Koreas and their allies – the US which backs the South and China which is the North's biggest economic partner – to declare a formal end to the conflict and bring peace to the peninsula.<br />''<br />''<span style="color: #222222;">The idea was initially dismissed by a top North Korean Minister as premature. But, in an unexpected statement released on Friday through state media, Ms Kim said the idea was admirable. However, she added that the North would only be willing to discuss the proposal, if the South stopped what she called hostile policies towards North.</span><br />