Kim Yo Jong, the powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, said South Korea's recent military drills near the border between the two nations are an inexcusable and explicit provocation, according to a report from state media KCNA on Monday.
Kim Yo Jong also accused Yoon of creating tensions on the Korean peninsula to divert public attention away from his poor performance in domestic politics. She cited an online petition calling for Yoon to be impeached, with more than 1 million signatures.
Kim said that in case North Korea judges its own sovereignty as violated, its armed forces will immediately carry out mission and duty according to its constitution.
The South Korean military has resumed live-fire artillery drills near the western maritime border in late June, the first time since 2018.
Last month, South Korea said it would suspend a military agreement signed with North Korea in 2018 aimed at easing tensions, in protest against North Korea's trash balloon launches toward the South.
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GuruMick
Even Trump called the military drills "a provocation " when he was POTUS and cancelled the drills.
But then he went on to spruce NK's potential as a tourist destination, commenting on how good condos' would be along the coastline.
Well, he is a "real estate developer ".
Oldyeller
Push me, Shove you, Oh yeah, Says who????
Aly Rustom
Kim Yo Jong, the powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un
Also known as the Korean Wednesday Addams
OssanAmerica
Kim Jong Un's BMI and haircut are provocations.
finally rich
she's hot in an eerie way
TaiwanIsNotChina
In a "she dines on the blood of infants" sort of way?
stormcrow
Meanwhile, North Korea continues launching missiles past South Korea.
Coulda been
Obviously doesn't eat at the same restaurant as her brother.
Sven Asai
No, It's the same restaurant, but of course due to the ranking she cannot grab first, so there aren't much leftovers for her, if any. lol
starpunk
'Provocation'. Just shut-it-up, Kim Yo Jong, you lippy loudmouth. Just can it! Ain't nobody scared of you or your flattop lardo brother. Shove it up where the Rising Sun never shines!