The sister of leader Kim Jong-un claims that Lee Jae-myung’s peace gestures conceal a ‘sinister intention’ against Pyongyang
Her comments came during a meeting on Tuesday with senior Foreign Ministry officials about her brother’s diplomatic strategies in the face of persistent threats from rivals and a rapidly shifting geopolitical landscape, the North’s official Korean Central News Agency said.
In response to Kim Yo-jong’s latest comments, South Korea’s Unification Ministry, which handles inter-Korean affairs, said Lee’s government would continue to take “proactive steps for peace” and called for mutual respect between the countries.
Since taking office in June, Lee has moved to repair relations that worsened under his conservative predecessor’s hardline policies, including removing front-line speakers that broadcast anti-North Korean propaganda and K-pop.
In a nationally televised speech on Friday, Lee said his government respected North Korea’s current system and that the wealthier South “will not pursue any form of unification by absorption and has no intention of engaging in hostile acts”.
