Sister of Kim Jong-un insults South Korean president and says it is his ‘great dream’ to get the North to trade away its nuclear weapons
The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has angrily rejected North Korea’s offer of economic assistance in return for denuclearisation as the “height of absurdity” and dismissed the possibility of face-to-face talks.
In a commentary published in Friday’s edition of North Korea’s official Rodong Sinmun newspaper, Kim Yo-jong said her country had no intention of giving up its weapons in return for economic aid. “No one barters its destiny for corn cake,” she said, according to the official KCNA news agency. She said bartering nuclear weapons for economic cooperation “is the great dream, hope and plan of Yoon”, who she called “simple and still childish”, according to KCNA. “We make it clear that we will not sit face to face with him,” she added.
North Korea has conducted a host of weapons tests this year, including firing an intercontinental ballistic missile at full range for the first time since 2017.Tensions are expected to increase next week when the US and South Korea begin their biggest combined military drills for years. The allies insist the exercises are defensive in nature, but the North views them as a rehearsal for an invasion and has responded with missile tests in the past.
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