Kim Jo Jong, sister of the North Korean dictator, reappeared and sent “advice to the new US administration.”
The influential sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un charged this Tuesday against the United States and South Korea, on the occasion of the visit of the new US Secretaries of State and Defense to Tokyo and Seoul.
The United States and South Korea began joint military exercises last week, and the official North Korean newspaper Rodong Sinmun, quoted by South Korean news agency Yonhap, published a statement from Kim Yo Young with a “advice to the new U.S. administration that is struggling to spread the smell of gunpowder to our land from across the ocean.”
“If they want to sleep well for the next four years, they’d better do nothing to make them lose sleep,” Kim says, according to Rodong Sinmun.
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It is the first explicit reference by North Korean authorities to the new administration in Washington, more than four months after the election of Joe Biden to replace Donald Trump.
These warnings come on the occasion of the visit of US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin to Tokyo, the first stage of his first trip abroad, which aims to strengthen ties. between the United States with its Asian partners vis-à-vis China.
In December 2020, Kim Jo Jong, the sister of the North Korean leader, also strongly threatened the South Korean minister with COVID-19: calling the head of South Korean diplomacy “insolent” to doubt that North Korea be free of coronavirus, as Pyongyang claims.
The influential sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is also the person who would succeed him in power. foto Agencies
“March of the war”
Trump’s unusual approach to foreign policy led him to exchange insults and threats of war with Kim Jong-un before beginning a spectacular rapprochement, marked by both historical and symbolic encounters.
But in the end, the relationship did not translate into advances toward the denuclearization of the North, which is the subject of multiple international sanctions for its arms program.
Negotiations have been at a standstill since the failure of the second meeting between Kim Jong-un and Trump in late February 2019 in Hanoi. One reason for this stalemate is the lack of agreement on the concessions North Korea should make in exchange for the withdrawal of international sanctions.
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The negotiating process was promoted by South Korean President Moon Jae-in, but the relationship between Seoul and Pyongyang has deteriorated since the failure of the Hanoi summit.
Some 28,500 U.S. soldiers are stationed in South Korea to protect the country from a possible North Korean attack. Seoul and Washington, united by a military treaty, began a computer-simulated joint military drill.
North Korea condemns these simulations as a preparation for the invasion. “The South Korean government has once again chosen the ‘War March’, the ‘Crisis March’,” Kim Jo Jong said in his statement.
The President of the USA. UU., Joe Biden, during his speech on the first anniversary of the onset of the pandemic. Photo EDH / AFP
broken contacts
The teams of US President Joe Biden have been trying for weeks to get in touch with North Korea. Unsuccessful.
“We have been trying to contact the North Korean government through various channels since mid-February, particularly in New York,” a senior U.S. official who asked for anonymity said Monday.
For New York, he was referring to the North Korean representation before the United Nations, as Washington and Pyongyang do not maintain diplomatic relations.
“So far, we have not received any response from Pyongyang,” he said.
According to this official, the aim of this contact is to reduce the “risks of climbing” on the Korean peninsula.
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A Biden administration official has stressed that “there is no active dialogue” between Washington and Pyongyang for “more than a year.”
The new president has undertaken an in-depth review of US policy with Pyongyang, he said. “Throughout this process, we will continue to consult with our Japanese and South Korean allies to solicit their ideas and explore new approaches,” the source added.
In early January, shortly before Biden’s inauguration, Kim Jong-un said the United States is North Korea’s “biggest enemy,” before assuring that Washington’s policy with Pyongyang will “never” change. , “regardless of who is in power.”