EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: THIS EDIT CONTAINS MATERIAL WHICH WAS ORIGINALLY 4:3<br/> <br />EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: THIS EDIT CONTAINS EDITED KRT MATERIAL<br/> <br />ROUGH CUT (NO REPORTER NARRATION).<br/> <br />STORY: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called for improved relations with South Korean in a New Year speech on Wednesday (January 1).<br/> <br />The rare address was carried by the North's state television that largely mirrored an address a year ago but made no indications that he was ready to initiate concrete steps to end acrimony.<br/> <br />North and South Korea remain technically at war under a truce that ended the 1950-53 Korean War signed by the United States, China and the North. The United States maintains 28,500 troops in the South in joint defence against the North.<br/> <br />He invoked the destiny of the Korean nation to be reunited but warned of disaster if the South and its ally the United States committed acts of aggression.<br/> <br />"Dangerous circumstances are being established, which could make a mino
