N. Korea rejects IAEA resolution, vows to maintain nuclear force amid US threats
Kim Yo-jong, the powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, on Saturday rejected a recent resolution by the U.N. nuclear watchdog against Pyongyang's nuclear program, vowing to maintain the credibility of the country's nuclear capabilities in the face of what she called nuclear threats from the United States and others. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) adopted the resolution…
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's sister, Kim Yo-jong, rejected a recent U.N. nuclear watchdog resolution on Saturday. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) approved the resolution at its 70th General Conference in Vienna on Thursday, stating that North Korea cannot hold nuclear-weapons-state status under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and urging Pyongyang to cease all related activities immediately.
Kim Yo-jong expressed her country's stance in a statement carried by the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), criticizing the IAEA's decision as targeting North Korea's self-defensive and legitimate nuclear activities while ignoring the constant external nuclear threats it faces.
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