Kim Jong Un's sister warns US of 'more despair'

Updated June 22, 2021 at 1:08 pm

Kim Jong Un’s sister has dismissed hopes of a possible resumption of talks between North Korea and the US.
Kim Yo Jong warned the United States of “great disappointment”.
However, the US special envoy for North Korea is offering Pyongyang further talks in the conflict over the nuclear weapons program.

influential sister of North Korea ruler Kim Jong Un has warned the US against “false” hopes of talks with Pyongyang. In a statement released Tuesday by state news agency KCNA, Kim Yo Jong said Washington was facing a “great disappointment”.

America And North Korea is waiting and seeing when it comes to dealing with each other since US President Joe Biden took office. The US government recently announced a “practical, phased approach” for Pyongyang to achieve nuclear disarmament in the isolated country.

Kim Yo Jong: US hopes are “in the wrong direction”

As a result, Kim Jong Un announced last week that he would prepare for “both talks and confrontations”. Bidens’ national security adviser Jake Sullivan said Washington would wait to see if “more direct communication” is in place about “a possible way forward.”

Kim Yo Jong, who is an important advisor to her brother, has now downplayed the possibility of resuming talks too soon. It seemed the US was seeking “consolation for itself”, he told KCNA. He had hopes “in the wrong direction”. It will “drown them into more despair”.

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US Special Envoy for North Korea Sung Kim on Monday offered Pyongyang talks without any conditions in the ongoing conflict over North Korea’s nuclear weapons program. “We also hope that the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea will respond positively to our offer to meet anytime, anywhere without any preconditions,” he said during a visit to South Korea. (AFP/DH)

Last week, North Korea blew up a liaison office near the border with South Korea. The name of the sister of North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un is behind the incident. This is Kim Yo Jong. (teaser image: Picture Alliance / AP Photo / Jorge Silva)