N. Korean leader's sister again pushes back against Seoul's medical aid offer
Kim Yo-jong, the powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, on Friday reiterated Pyongyang's rejection of South Korea's offer to provide humanitarian medical assistance, criticizing the gesture as a "farce." Kim's statement carried by the North's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) came a day after she rejected Seoul's plan to send 1,431 medical items across 166 categories to a…
Kim Yo-jong, sibling of North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un, on Friday reaffirmed Pyongyang's denial of South Korea's humanitarian medical aid proposal, branding it a "farce". The statement, released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), came the day following her rejection of Seoul's plan to dispatch 1,431 medical items across 166 categories to a hospital in Pyongyang.
Kim labeled the offer an "insult" and a "political provocation". She claimed that the South's initiative, along with its accusations regarding a recent land mine explosion near the inter-Korean border, was aimed at tarnishing North Korea's image. North Korea has denied involvement in the Sept. 21 mine blast incident.
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