Kim Yo Jong warns of \u0027dreadful attack\u0027 in response to remarks last week by the South Korean defense minister, who reaffirmed Seoul\u0027s ability to launch…
Kim Yo Jong said that if South Korea “opts for military confrontation with us, our nuclear combat force will have to inevitably carry out its duty,” the official Korean Central News Agency reported Tuesday. It was the second warning issued by the younger Kim in about 48 hours, after she earlier denounced South Korean Defense Minister Suh Wook as a “senseless and scum-like guy.”
Kim Yo Jong – reportedly dubbed “Princess Yo Jong” by her late father, former leader Kim Jong Il – is a blood member of the ruling family, giving her a special status that exceeds her relatively low rank in the ruling Workers’ Party. She is often shown in state media near her brother and has in recent years led North Korea’s pressure campaigns against South Korea and the U.S.
Kim Yo Jong said that North Korea was prepared to launch its own “dreadful attack,” if the situation reached that phase. “And the south Korean army will have to face a miserable fate little short of total destruction and ruin,” she said, according to the KCNA report Tuesday.Article content Outgoing South Korean President Moon Jae-in, a progressive, has long backed rapprochement with North Korea. But Kim’s regime labeled Moon a meddlesome mediator after talks unraveled and, in 2020, blew up a $15 million liaison office north of the border that was one of the South Korean leader’s biggest achievements.
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