The influential sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has hit back at a key agreement made between the US and South Korea, claiming it will only serve to worsen security.
Washington and Seoul made a pact at the White House on Wednesday that aims to deter North Korean aggression, including a new US commitment to deploy a nuclear-armed submarine in South Korea for the first time since the early 1980s.
She criticized President Joe Biden for his statement that any nuclear attack against the US and its allies will result in the end of the North Korean regime, condemning it as a"nonsensical remark from the person in his dotage."Her comments mark the first response North Korea has made to the security pact.
Officials made clear that such assets will not be stationed permanently, and there is"no plan" to deploy any tactical nuclear weapons to the Korean peninsula.
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