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Kim Yo Jong calls North Korea's Nuclear Status 'Absolute,' Dismisses IAEA
Kim Yo Jong rejected denuclearization calls and said North Korea will keep expanding its nuclear deterrent as the IAEA warned of a growing program.
- On Thursday, Kim Yo-jong, the sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, rejected international calls for denuclearization as "all noises," declaring the country's nuclear-armed status "absolute" and calling those hoping for disarmament "idiots."
- Her remarks coincided with the 70th regular session of the IAEA General Conference in Vienna, Austria, where the agency's Safeguards Report detailed a substantial increase in Pyongyang's uranium enrichment capacity and core nuclear facility expansion.
- While the IAEA urged Pyongyang to abandon its weapons program in compliance with the Non-Proliferation Treaty , the DPRK leadership legally enshrined its nuclear status as permanent, arguing "no one and nothing can ever reverse" these changes.
- President Donald Trump recently estimated Pyongyang possesses 57 "very powerful" nuclear weapons, though officials in Seoul place the figure between 80 and 120, highlighting uncertainty in tracking the North's expanding arsenal.
- Tensions persist following the 2019 summit collapse between Kim Jong-un and Trump, as the North continues to view its nuclear arsenal as essential for deterrence, dismissing periodic international meetings as a "fixed scenario.
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The director of the General Affairs Department of the Korean Labor Party, Kim Yo-jong, also said that those who demand changes to Pyongyang "must understand how pathetic, completely illusory and futile this wasted effort is."
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North Korea has legally enshrined its status as a nuclear power.
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His intervention comes at a time when the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is holding its annual general meeting in Vienna. The North Korean leader has said she expects calls to denuclearize the nuclear power...
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's powerful sister said Thursday that the country's nuclear status is "absolute" and called those who believe in its denuclearization "idiots."
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