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Kim Jong Un's sister to Baiden: Do not "stink" our relationship
Kim Yoo Jong has threatened the US administration that if its people want to "continue to sleep peacefully for years to come - it is better for them to avoid spreading a stench in the first step."
Her remarks come after a period of stagnation in relations between the two countries and a day before the arrival of Blinken and Defense Minister Austin to visit Seoul
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Tuesday, 16 March 2021, 05:03
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Kim Yoo Jong and her brother North Korea dictator Kim Jong Un (Photo: Reuters)
Kim Yoo Jong, the sister of North Korea's leader, yesterday (Monday) warned the Biden administration not to "stink" relations with the country, and criticized US military activity in South Korea, the country's official media reported.
This, a day before the arrival of US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin to visit Seoul.
"We are taking this opportunity to warn the new administration not to disperse a cloud of bad smell in our country," Kim Yu Jong said.
"If they want to continue to sleep peacefully for the next four years, it is better for them to avoid spreading a stench in the first step."
Even before President Zhou Biden took office, Pyongyang had rejected attempts by the United States to establish a dialogue with it, the White House said on Monday.
Former President Donald Trump has held three summit meetings with ruler Kim Jong Un, but North Korea has severed ties on the grounds that it will not continue as long as the United States does not stop implementing its hostile policies toward it.
Since then, relations between the parties have cooled.
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Blink in the White House next to Biden (Photo: Reuters)
According to North Korean experts, the timing of Yu Jong's statement appears to be intended to ensure that her country is a top priority in a meeting to be held in Seoul between senior government officials and their South Korean counterparts.
Ramon Pacheco Pardo, a researcher at King's College London, said that now the remark of North Korea's sister Rodin would be a major topic of conversation at a meeting in Seoul.
The meeting is expected to deal with the foreign policy and security affairs of the countries in the region.
The White House and the South Korean government have not yet commented.
Biden's team has begun to pursue a policy it will pursue towards North Korea, and will continue to discuss the issue in the round of meetings to be held in Asia in the coming weeks.
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