Kim’s sister says only ‘idiots’ believe North Korea will give up nukes
Kim Yo-jong said North Korea’s nuclear status is permanent and irreversible, while Trump estimated Pyongyang has 57 nuclear weapons and Seoul put the figure higher.
- 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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Kim Yo Jong slams IAEA critics, says North Korea’s nuclear status is ‘absolute’
Kim Yo Jong, the powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, rejected international calls for Pyongyang to denuclearize Thursday, saying the country’s status as a nuclear weapons state was “absolute” and could not be reversed. In a statement carried by the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), Kim dismissed criticism raised at the 70th […]
The head of the CD Department of the Korean Labour Party and the North Korean leader ' s sister Kim Ye Jung criticized the report of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on the Pyongyang nuclear programme and stressed the irreversibility of the DPRK ' s nuclear status.
As the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) General Conference urged North Korea to denuclearize, Kim Yo-jong, Director of the General Affairs Department of the Workers' Party of Korea and younger sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, stated that “the status of a nuclear power cannot be reversed by anything.” According to the Korean Central News Agency, in a statement on the 17th, Director Kim pointed out that the 70th IAEA General Con…
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