The North Korean leader’s sister said her country would make more provocative displays of its military strength in response to a new agreement between the United States and South Korea aimed at stepping up its nuclear deterrent to deal with the nuclear threat. North Korean.
Kim Yo Jong, who is deputy director of the department of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea, said Seoul and Washington insisted on showing their “strong” hostility to Pyongyang.
Kim Yo Jong, in comments published in state media, said the US-Korea deal reflects the “most hostile and aggressive will” of the allies against the North and will put regional peace and security in “more great danger”.
North Korea’s Central News Agency quoted Kim Yo Jong as saying that Washington’s announcement “will only aggravate the danger to the security of Northeast Asia and the whole world, and that is a unwelcome act”.
Kim, who is known for her influence on inter-Korean affairs in Pyongyang, warned that the change in the security environment would only push North Korea to take “more decisive action”.
Kim criticized US Presidents Joe Biden and South Korean President Yoon Sok Yol, and denounced Biden’s warning that any nuclear attack on the United States or its allies would spell the end of his regime.
She said Biden had “deeply miscalculated and was irresponsibly courageous”, and described his warning as “a nonsensical comment from a senile incapable of taking responsibility for the security and future of the United States. United. He is an old man with no future, and it is difficult for him to complete the remaining two years of a mandate.” his mandate”, according to the South Korean press agency “Yonhap”.
She also slammed Yoon, describing him as “a jerk who put security in crisis due to his incompetence,” according to what was reported by “Yonhap.”
“The impossible aspirations of the United States and South Korea will now be confronted by a more powerful entity,” Kim said.
The insult to Biden came after the latter said, after a summit with South Korean President Yoon Sok Yol on Wednesday, that any North Korean nuclear attack on the United States or its allies “would lead to the end of everything.” regime that” would take such action.
Biden had met Yoon in Washington amid escalating tensions on the Korean Peninsula, as North Korean weapons demonstrations and joint military exercises between the United States and South Korea increased the circle of reciprocity. .
During their meeting, Biden and Yeon announced new nuclear deterrence efforts that call for periodic docking of US nuclear-armed submarines in South Korea for the first time in decades and enhanced training. between the two countries.
They also pledged to hold bilateral presidential consultations in the event of a North Korean nuclear attack, establish a nuclear advisory group and improve information sharing on strategic and nuclear operation plans.
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