Kim Yo Jong
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“immediate and merciless retaliatory action”
Kim Yo Jong · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-05
Kim Yo Jong called the preliminary South Korean assessment on the blasts a conspiratorial farce and vowed retaliation if South Korea opens fire at North Korean soldiers.
“If they believe that it [denuclearization] is really possible, they will be termed idiots knowing nothing of the world,”
Kim Yo Jong · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-23
Kim Yo Jong said in a statement the previous week that Pyongyang's nuclear status was absolute and dismissed the possibility of denuclearization.
“makes a significant contribution to deterring the outrageous acts of international rogues.”
Kim Yo Jong · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-23
Kim Yo Jong said in a statement the previous week that Pyongyang's nuclear arsenal serves to deter what she called outrageous acts of international rogues.
“We are correctly seeing through the fact that this is an obvious expression of open hostility.”
Kim Yo Jong · said 2026-08-20 · reported 2026-08-20
Kim Yo Jong added that North Korea viewed the situation as an expression of continued hostility from the U.S.
“If the U.S. calculates that it can propagate its recent measure as the one of so-called good faith, they will not get the desired answer,”
Kim Yo Jong · said 2026-08-19 · reported 2026-08-20
Kim Yo Jong responded in a statement to the reduction in the scale of U.S.-South Korea military drills.
“must be the only thing I am unaware of in our foreign policy”
Kim Yo Jong · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-20
Kim Yo Jong said in a statement that she knew nothing about Trump's claim that her brother had contacted him.
“If the U.S. calculates that it can propagate its recent measure as the one of so-called good faith, they will not get [their] desired answer.”
Kim Yo Jong · said 2026-08-20 · reported 2026-08-20
Kim Yo Jong dismissed the U.S. drill reduction as insufficient to be seen as a good-faith gesture.
“doesn't merit (her country's) interest nor comment”
Kim Yo Jong · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-20
Kim Yo Jong said the scaling down of the drills with South Korea did not merit North Korea's interest or comment.
“hostile and offensive nature,”
Kim Yo Jong · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-20
Kim Yo Jong said the drills' reduced scale did not change their hostile and offensive nature, as quoted in state media.
“the provocative, aggressive nature of the drills won’t change even though their duration and size were reduced.”
Kim Yo Jong · said 2026-08-19 · reported 2026-08-20
Kim Yo Jong dismissed Donald Trump's decision to scale back joint military drills with South Korea.
“an evident disaster brought by the unrealistic and anachronistic security outlook”
Kim Yo Jong · said 2026-08-20 · reported 2026-08-20
Kim Yo Jong criticized Trump's decision to scale back the US-South Korea military drills.
“We think it’s not worth making comments on that and we have no interest in it at all,”
Kim Yo Jong · said 2026-08-18 · reported 2026-08-19
Kim Yo Jong dismissed the significance of the U.S. decision to scale back military drills with South Korea.
“We think it's not worth making comments on that and we have no interest in it at all,”
Kim Yo Jong · said 2026-08-19 · reported 2026-08-19
Kim Yo Jong dismissed the shortened U.S.-South Korea military exercises as still provocative in a statement carried by North Korean state media.
“The provocative, aggressive nature of the drills won’t change even though their duration and size were reduced.”
Kim Yo Jong · said 2026-08-18 · reported 2026-08-19
Kim Yo Jong said the reduced drills remained provocative despite their smaller scale.
“Regarding the recent news from Washington about communication between the leaders of North Korea and the United States, I am completely unaware of it, and it is likely the only matter concerning our top leadership’s foreign policy that I am unaware of,”
Kim Yo Jong · said 2026-08-19 · reported 2026-08-19
Kim Yo Jong denied any ongoing communication between Trump and her brother in a statement published by KCNA.
“We clarify once again the official stand that no matter what policy is adopted and whatever proposal is made in Seoul, we have no interest in it and there is neither a reason to meet nor an issue to be discussed,”
Kim Yo Jong · said 2025-07-28 · reported 2025-07-28
Kim Yo Jong rejected overtures from South Korea's new government in a statement carried by state media.