Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad expressed readiness Tuesday to normalize ties with North Korea, which soured following the brazen assassination last year of Kim Jong Nam, the half-brother of the North Korean leader.Malaysia's making nice to Pyongyang comes on the heels of a change in government following the shocking defeat of Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak's coalition in the May 9 general election.In an interview with Kyodo News at his office in Putrajaya, the federal administrative capital, Mahathir, who was sworn in as premier for a second time shortly after the election, sai…READ FULL ARTICLE