Kim Yo Jong says ROK resumed border drills to distract from Yoon’s unpopularity
North Korean leader’s sister slams artillery live fire as ‘suicidal hysteria,’ threatening nuclear response
South Korea conducts a live-fire drill on the northwestern islands near the NLL using K9 self-propelled howitzers (background), Kim Yo Jong delivering a speech | Image: ROK marine corps (June 26, 2024), KCTV (Aug. 11, 2022), edited by NK News
South Korea has resumed live-fire drills on North Korea’s doorstep to distract people from calls to impeach President Yoon Suk-yeol, Kim Yo Jong claimed on Sunday, condemning the military exercises near the inter-Korean border.
In a statement, the DPRK leader’s powerful sister warned that North Korea’s armed forces will carry out their constitutional “mission and duty” — codewords for the use of nuclear weapons — if Pyongyang concludes that the ROK has violated its sovereignty through the drills.
South Korea has resumed live-fire drills on North Korea’s doorstep to distract people from calls to impeach President Yoon Suk-yeol, Kim Yo Jong claimed on Sunday, condemning the military exercises near the inter-Korean border.
In a statement, the DPRK leader’s powerful sister warned that North Korea’s armed forces will carry out their constitutional “mission and duty” — codewords for the use of nuclear weapons — if Pyongyang concludes that the ROK has violated its sovereignty through the drills.
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