SEOUL: The powerful sister of North Korea’s leader warned the United States on Tuesday against pursuing denuclearization, after a White House official was quoted as saying President Donald Trump was open to dialogue with Kim Jong Un. “Any attempt to deny the position of the DPRK as a nuclear weapons state... will be thoroughly rejected,” Kim Yo Jong said in a statement carried by state media, referring to the North by the acronym for its official name.

North Korean leader’s powerful sister, Kim Yo Jong, dismisses Seoul’s outreach efforts under new president.

SEOUL: The powerful sister of North Korea’s leader warned the United States on Tuesday against pursuing denuclearization, after a White House official was quoted as saying…