North Korea's Kim Yo Jong, the powerful sister of leader Kim Jong Un, criticized the Trump administration for stepping up "provocations" and said it justified the nuclear state increasing its nuclear deterrent, state media KCNA said on Tuesday.
Kim criticized the U.S. aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson's visit to South Korea on Sunday, saying the action was part of a "policy of confrontation" against North Korea.
"As soon as its new administration appeared this year, the U.S. has stepped up the political and military provocations against the DPRK, 'carrying forward' the former administration's hostile policy," Kim said.
DPRK is short for North Korea's official name, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
"Hostile policy toward the DPRK pursued by the U.S. at present is offering sufficient justification for the DPRK to indefinitely bolster ... its nuclear war deterrent," Kim added.
South Korea's navy said on Sunday the U.S. aircraft carrier arrived at the southern port city of Busan in South Korea as a show of force against North Korea.
© Thomson Reuters 2025.
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wtfjapan
Id forgot about NK, so when is that peace deal Trump promised us last time around?
seems like hes just throwing them under the bus like Ukraine
Jimizo
Not as funny as they used to be. The archaic insult stuff was quality.
Nowadays they are about as funny as conservative comedians.
Hervé L'Eisa
Little Miss Sunshine must be feeling ignored.
bass4funk
I think NK is not happy because no one is paying attention to them at the moment.
geronimo2006
Has like the look of an ex-girlfriend. You dumped me then ignored me. I will take my revenge on you.
NOMINATION
Rocket man will be tossing a few missiles into the sea soon lol
Saltwater Shenanigans
Guess they are feeling lonely
Desert Tortoise
That photo was taken over a decade ago at a funeral. But yeah, she is sort of the Krypt Keeper Barbie.
Rivera
If she wants the attention like they say powerful sister fire some missile’s into the Japan sea then you will get the attention you want
K3PO
Agreed, really miss the strident barbs, too.
I think they're now using Chat GPT or Grammarly on that laptop in Pyongyang, spitting out boring business speak backhanders.