Kim Yo Jong, the influential sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, said Monday that Pyongyang had “no interest” in efforts by Seoul to improve relations.
28 Kim Yo Jong, the influential sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, said Monday that Pyongyang had “no interest” in efforts by the administration of South Korean President Lee Jae Myung to improve hostile relations between the neighbors.
Her statement was the North’s first official comment on Lee, who was elected in June after former President Yoon Suk Yeol was removed from office over his botched martial law attempt.
“We did not care who is elected president or what policy is being pursued in the ROK and, therefore, have not made any assessment of it so far”, Kim said in a statement carried by the official Korean Central News Agency.
The Republic of Korea is the official name of South Korea.
Kim said that the new administration’s ongoing military ties with Washington made any efforts at rapprochement pointless.
“When only the 50-odd days since Lee Jae Myung’s assumption to power are brought to light . their blind trust to the ROK-U.S. alliance and their attempt to stand in confrontation with the DPRK are little short of their predecessor’s”, Kim said, using the official acronym for North Korea.
