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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Hyung-Jin Kim

Kim's sister threatens a response to a US carrier's deployment in South Korea

South Korea US - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un threatened Tuesday to launch high-profile provocations in response to the arrival of a U.S. aircraft carrier in South Korea and other U.S. military activities, which she slammed as “confrontation hysteria of the U.S. and its stooges.”

The warning by Kim Yo Jong implies North Korea will likely ramp up weapons testing activities and maintain its confrontational posture against the U.S., though President Donald Trump has said he would reach out to Kim Jong Un to revive diplomacy.

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