South Korean President Moon Jae-in (R) waves with North Korea's Samjiyon Orchestra director Hyon Song-wol (2nd L), North Korea's nominal head of state Kim Yong-nam (L) and Kim Yo-jong (2nd R) North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's sister during a performance of North Korea's Samjiyon Orchestra at the National Theater on February 11, 2018 in Seoul, South Korea. (Credit: Kim Jinseok Official photographer of the Blue House, Republic of Korea), Blue House (the executive office of the Republic of Korea head of state, the President of the Republic of Korea / Wikimedia Commons)
North Korea has rejected renewed calls from the United States for the country to abandon its nuclear weapons programme, with Kim Yo Jong, the influential sister of leader Kim Jong Un, describing the idea as an outdated 'US fantasy.'
Her remarks came amid continuing tensions over North Korea's military capabilities and just as Chinese President Xi Jinping was scheduled to arrive in Pyongyang for talks with Kim Jong Un.
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