Kim Yo-jong, the influential sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, today threatened and insulted South Korea as the neighboring country considers introducing unilateral sanctions against Pyongyang.
Among the insults, Kim Yo-jong called South Korea’s new president and his government “idiots” and “wild dogs gnawing on a US bone.”
The criticism from the North Korean leader’s sister comes two days after South Korea’s foreign ministry announced it was reviewing approval of additional unilateral sanctions against the North over the large number of weapons tests conducted by Pyongyang.
South Korean diplomacy has also said it is considering imposing sanctions and cracking down on North Korea’s alleged cyber-attacks, a key new source of funding for its weapons program, should the neighboring country go ahead with a major military provocation, such as a nuclear test. .
“I wonder what ‘sanctions’ the South Korean group, mere wild dog gnawing a bone, given by the US, will blatantly impose on North Korea,” Kim Yo-jong said in a statement. the media’. state.
Under the criticism of the new South Korean president, the North Korean leader’s sister added that South Korea “was not targeted” when predecessor Moon Jae-in, who sought reconciliation with the North, was in power.
These words can be seen as an attempt to stir up anti-Yoon sentiment in South Korea.
“We again warn the bold and the stupid that the desperate sanctions and pressure by the US and its South Korean puppets against [a Coreia do Norte] will add fuel to his hostility and anger,” he added.
Kim Yo-jong’s official position is deputy director of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party (KCNA), the only one in the country and in power, but North Korea’s secret services believe that this is the second most powerful person in the world. it’s north. to his brother, and who regulates relations between Seoul and Washington.
In October, South Korea imposed its own sanctions on 15 North Koreans and 16 organizations suspected of engaging in illegal activities to fund North Korea’s nuclear and missile programs.
These were Seoul’s first unilateral sanctions against North Korea in five years, though analysts said it was a symbolic move because the two Koreas have few financial arrangements between them.
However, observers point out that Seoul’s efforts to work with the United States and other allies to crack down on its northern neighbor’s alleged illegal activities could anger Pyongyang.
Earlier this year, a panel of UN experts highlighted in a report that North Korea continues to steal hundreds of millions of dollars from financial institutions and corporations and cryptocurrency exchanges, illicit money that is a major source of funding for its nuclear and missile programs.
Tensions on the peninsula are currently reaching unprecedented heights due to North Korea’s weapons tests, maneuvers by allies and the possibility that, according to satellite evidence, the Kim Jong-un regime is ready to conduct its first nuclear test since 2017.
The North Korean president assured on Friday that he would use the nuclear bomb in a nuclear attack on his country.
Source: DN
