North Korea's Kim Yo Jong calls South Korean drills a provocation
Kim Yo Jong, the influential sibling of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, deemed South Korea's recent military exercises near the border between the two nations as both an unjustifiable and blatant act of provocation.
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- Published Date: 12:29 | 08 July 2024
Kim Yo Jong, the powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, said South Korea's recent military drills near the border between the two nations are an inexcusable and explicit provocation, according to a report from state media KCNA on Monday.
Kim said that in case North Korea judges its own sovereignty as violated, its armed forces will immediately carry out mission and duty according to its constitution.
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