North Korea’s Kim Yo Jong warns US towards ‘silly act’ that dangers safety By Reuters

SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea’s Kim Yo Jong, sister of chief Kim Jong Un, mentioned on Monday that the USA ought to keep away from any “silly act” that would put its safety in danger and rejected gives of talks as a ploy, state media KCNA information company reported.

Kim made her feedback after White Home Nationwide Safety Adviser Jake Sullivan mentioned the USA stays involved that North Korea would perform one other intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) check, after it final week fired an ICBM off its east coast.

“The US ought to cease a silly act that would put its safety in danger by frightening us,” Kim mentioned in an announcement carried by KCNA.

She criticised U.S. plans for a nuclear-armed ballistic missile submarine to go to South Korea and mentioned that such efforts to extend “prolonged deterrence” would solely push Pyongyang farther from the negotiating desk.

Kim additionally rejected U.S. requires unconditional talks and mentioned that Washington is mistaken if it believes North Korea’s disarmament was potential.

“The US is being delusional if it believed that it may cease our development and obtain irreversible disarmament by quickly halting joint army drills, deployment of strategic property or easing of sanctions,” she mentioned.

North Korea has in latest days accused American spy planes of flying over its unique financial zone, condemned a latest go to to South Korea by an American nuclear-powered cruise missile submarine, and vowed to take steps in response.