South Korea said it will never recognize North Korea as a nuclear state, repeating recent remarks from the Biden administration amid ongoing debate about the merits of a nuclear arms control deal with Pyongyang.
This comes just hours after the North Korean leader’s powerful sister Kim Yo Jong issued a statement mocking the South for having “parroted” the U.S. by considering more unilateral sanctions against Pyongyang.
South Korea said it will never recognize North Korea as a nuclear state, repeating recent remarks from the Biden administration amid ongoing debate about the merits of a nuclear arms control deal with Pyongyang.
This comes just hours after the North Korean leader’s powerful sister Kim Yo Jong issued a statement mocking the South for having “parroted” the U.S. by considering more unilateral sanctions against Pyongyang.
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