Kim Yo-jong, North Korean chief Kim Jong-un’s sister and presently vice division director of the ruling Staff’ Get together’s Central Committee, is pictured as she visits the Ho Chi Minh mausoleum in Hanoi, on Mar. 2, 2019. (Yonhap)
Kim Yo-jong, the influential sister of North Korean chief Kim Jong-un, on Thursday mocked South Korea’s Hyunmoo-5 missile, first showcased in a latest navy parade in Seoul, as a “uselessly large weapon.”
Kim Yo-jong made the comment in a press release carried by the North’s Korean Central Information Company, simply two days after South Korea unveiled the missile, identified to have the ability to carry an eight-ton warhead, in a navy parade marking Armed Forces Day.
In a ceremony marking the anniversary, President Yoon Suk Yeol stated North Korea will face the tip of its regime if it makes an attempt to make use of nuclear weapons, warning of a “resolute and overwhelming” response from the South Korea-U.S. alliance.
“If they’d a certain quantity of widespread sense, who may converse concerning the ‘finish of regime’ whereas boasting a uselessly large weapon,” Kim stated within the assertion.
Kim additionally condemned the looks of a U.S. B-1B heavy bomber throughout the Armed Forces Day ceremony, calling it a “scene that’s solely potential in colonialized South Korea.”
The North Korean chief’s sister went on to criticize the South Korean navy’s institution of its Strategic Command, saying it’s not becoming for a “pack that doesn’t possess one single strategic weapon.”
The brand new navy command formally launched earlier this week to function an overarching organ for the South’s key weapons methods to discourage evolving North Korean nuclear and missile threats. (Yonhap)
