TOKYO — Just two years ago, Kim Yo Jong, the sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, won many hearts at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics with her smile diplomacy. South Korean progressives, who had applauded her as a “messenger of peace” back then, are devastated by the recent turn of events. […]
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Kim Jong Un’s sister fans flames of inter-Korean tensions
SEOUL — Tensions are on the rise between the two Koreas as Kim Yo Jong, sister and the subject of speculation as a possible successor to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, hint at potential military retaliation against anti-North flyers sent over the de facto border by balloon. With blue-crab […]
Kim Jong Un’s sister hints at military action against South Korea
SEOUL — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s sister Kim Yo Jong issued a statement Saturday warning that Pyongyang would demolish the “useless” inter-Korean liaison office in the border town of Kaesong. “Before long, a tragic scene of the useless north-south joint liaison office completely collapsed would be seen,” she […]
North Korea’s Kim Yo Jong says liaison office will be destroyed
SEOUL — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s sister Kim Yo Jong issued a statement Saturday warning that Pyongyang would demolish the “useless” inter-Korean liaison office in the border town of Kaesong. “Before long, a tragic scene of the useless north-south joint liaison office completely collapsed would be seen,” she […]
Kim Yo Jong warns North Korea will destroy ‘useless’ liaison office
SEOUL — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s sister Kim Yo Jong issued a statement Saturday warning that Pyongyang would demolish the “useless” inter-Korean liaison office in the border town of Kaesong. “Before long, a tragic scene of the useless north-south joint liaison office completely collapsed would be seen,” she said […]
Kim Jong Un’s sister emerges as policymaker in spat with South
SEOUL (Reuters) — The sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is taking a leading role in a new, more hard-line pressure campaign against South Korea, highlighting what analysts say is a substantive policy role that goes beyond being her brother’s assistant. Believed to be in her early 30s, Kim […]
Kim Jong Un’s sister and the fight for North Korea’s bloodline
TOKYO — The mystery surrounding the North Korea’s “sacred” bloodline, and who is next in the line of succession, has only grown since Kim Jong Un’s public reemergence last week. Kim’s appearance put to rest the notion that he was gravely ill — or even dead, but not to rumors that he suffers […]
Kim Jong Un intelligence shared with Seoul and Tokyo: US official
WASHINGTON — The U.S. has been sharing information with Japan and South Korea on the recent disappearance of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un from public view, a senior U.S. State Department official said Tuesday. “Anytime there are issues on the [Korean] Peninsula, as we saw recently, the first governments […]
Kim Jong Un resumes public activity, state media says
SEOUL — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has attended a ribbon-cutting ceremony, state radio reported Saturday morning. The Friday event marked the first time Kim’s whereabouts had been publicly known since April 11 — when he attended a Politburo meeting of the ruling Workers’ Party of Korea — and […]
Kim Jong Un’s train spotted again in Wonsan
TOKYO — Satellite images gathered on Wednesday by 38North showed North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s train at a station in Wonsan, the coastal city where Kim keeps a private resort compound. Since rumors of Kim suffering ill health surfaced earlier this month, observers of the hermit state have relied […]