Kim Jong Un's sister ridicules US hopes for talks as allies, warns of disappointment

Kim Yo Jong, a senior official in the ruling party and sister of leader Kim Jong Un, released a statement in state media saying the United States appears to be interpreting signals from Pyongyang in a way that would lead to disappointment.

SEOUL: A senior North Korean official ridiculed American hopes for talks on Tuesday (June 22), as the United States and South Korea agreed to consider scrapping a controversial working group established to coordinate their policy toward Pyongyang. Kim Yo Jong, a senior official in the ruling party and sister of leader Kim Jong Un, released a statement in state media on Tuesday (June 22) saying the United States appears to be interpreting signals from Pyongyang in a way that would lead to disappointment. She was responding to U.S. National Security adviser Jake Sullivan, who on Sunday (June 20) said he saw as an "interesting signal" in a recent speech by Kim Jong Un on preparing for both confrontation and diplomacy with the United States.