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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Shweta Sharma

Kim Jong Un’s sister threatens response to US aircraft carrier’s deployment in South Korea

The influential sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un threatened the Donald Trump administration with retaliatory action for “stepping up political and military provocations” with the deployment of the USS Carl Vinson in South Korea.

Kim Yo Jong, a senior member of the ruling Workers’ Party of Korea, said her country was planning a retaliatory action by bolstering its nuclear deterrence and “increasing the actions threatening the security of the enemy at the strategic level”.

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