Kim Yo Jong stated that President Biden, 80, was in his “dotage” and called his statement that an attack on the United States or its allies would “end the North Korean regime” “nonsensical.”
In retaliation for President Biden’s statement that an attack on the United States or its allies would result in the “end of the regime,” North Korea has threatened to conduct more provocative military displays.
Kim Yo Jong, the sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, responded to the news that the United States and South Korea have formed an accord to counter the threat posed by Pyongyang by stating that the agreement reflected a “hostile and aggressive will of action” against the North.
She added that the pact will place the region’s tranquility in “greater peril.”
This week, Mr. Biden met with his South Korean counterpart, Mr. Yoon Suk Yeol, in Washington.
He stated that a nuclear assault would “bring down any regime.”
During the summit, Mr. Biden and Mr. Yoon unveiled new nuclear deterrence initiatives, including the periodic docking of US nuclear-armed submarines in South Korea for the first time in decades, as well as increased training between the two countries.
They have also agreed to bilateral presidential consultations if North Korea launches a nuclear attack.
The pact also includes a nuclear consultative committee and enhanced information sharing on nuclear and strategic weapons operation plans.
Biden should be ready for a storm
Kim Yo Jong stated that the summit served to reinforce Pyongyang’s resolve to enhance its nuclear weapons capabilities.
She called Mr. Biden “too ill-advised and recklessly courageous” and his words “nonsensical ramblings from an elderly man.”
“Considering that this expression was personally used by the president of the United States, our most hostile adversary. It is threatening rhetoric for which he should expect a far too severe backlash,” she cautioned.
She added: “The more determined our adversaries are to conduct nuclear war exercises. The more nuclear assets they deploy near the Korean peninsula, the stronger our right to self-defense.”
North Korea warned Washington and Seoul that destroying a test missile would be a “declaration of war.”
In March, official media reported that Kim Yo Jong criticised a US-South Korean military exercise for escalating tensions.
