SEOUL: North Korea’s Kim Yo Jong, the effective sister of leader Kim Jong El, said on Friday (Aug 19) the nation will never deal with an “audacious” South Korean initiative, which would increase the North’s economy in return for giving up nuclear weapons.
South Korea’s President Yoon Suk-yeol stated in May South Korea was “prepared to work with the international local community to present an audacious plan that will vastly strengthen North Korea’s economy and improve the quality of life for its people”.
Marking their 100th day in office, Yoon on Wednesday repeated their willingness to provide phased economic aid to North Korea if it ended nuclear weaponry development and began denuclearisation.
Betty Yo Jong stated in a KCNA declaration that such a strategy was ignorant plus “the height associated with folly far from realisation”, adding that the premise of “if the particular North Korea take denuclearisation measures” itself is wrong.
“Thinking that the concept of exchanging our nationwide core nuclear along with ‘economic cooperation’ is really a dream, hope and initiative of Yoon Suk-yeol, I cannot help but think he or she is really innocent plus young, ” the girl added.
“If the ‘audacious initiative’ doesn’t work, I can’t say for sure with what kind of wild plan he will hit on our door, but I am making it crystal clear that we will never handle it. ”