North Korea ridicules U.S. hopes for talks as allies rethink approach
The Hindu
Kim Yo Jong, a senior official in the ruling party and sister of leader Kim Jong Un, released a statement in state media on Tuesday saying the United States appears to be interpreting signals from Pyongyang in a way that would lead to disappointment.
A senior North Korean official ridiculed American hopes for talks on Tuesday, June 22, 2021, as the United States and South Korea agreed to consider scrapping a controversial working group established to coordinate theirpolicy toward Pyongyang. Kim Yo Jong, a senior official in the ruling party and sister of leader Kim Jong Un, released a statement in state media on Tuesday saying the from Pyongyang in a way that would lead to disappointment. She was responding to U.S. National Security adviser Jake Sullivan, who on Sunday said he saw as an "interesting signal" in a recent speech by Kim Jong Un on preparing for both confrontation and diplomacy with the United States.
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