Kim Jong Un’s Powerful Sister Says She Is ‘Completely Unaware’ if He Contacted Trump
South Korea and the United States cut the Ulchi Freedom Shield drills to five days, saying readiness will be preserved.
- On Wednesday, Kim Yo-Jong stated she was "unaware" of reported communication between her brother, Kim Jong Un, and President Donald Trump, though she maintained ties between the two leaders remain "excellent."
- Citing his "good relationship" with the North Korean leader, President Trump ordered the Pentagon to "substantially reduce" the annual Ulchi Freedom Shield exercises, aiming to reopen diplomatic channels this autumn.
- North Korea's state news agency, KCNA, described the joint maneuvers as "frantic" and "extremely dangerous" in a Wednesday commentary, vowing to counter rival actions and neutralize military threats.
- Seoul was not informed in advance of President Trump's plan to downsize the drills, Foreign Minister Cho Hyun revealed, as operations will now conclude on August 21 rather than August 27.
- Analysts suggest the reduction in military exercises could facilitate dialogue, as the United States maintains about 28,500 troops in South Korea to bolster regional defenses amid Trump's pursuit of potential summits.
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No Trump-Kim Jong Un talks? North Korea dismisses President's claim, says US still ‘hostile’
Kim Yo Jong, the powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, said she is “completely unaware” whether her brother communicated with US President Donald Trump, as Trump claimed this week.
Trump Pushes To Meet Kim Jong Un Again but His Trusted Sister Claims She's 'Unaware' of US-North Korea Talks
Donald Trump says he wants to sit down with Kim Jong Un again. Yet Kim Yo Jong, the North Korean leader's powerful sister, says she has no knowledge of any recent communication between her brother and the US President. The mixed signals emerged this week as Trump doubled down on claims that Kim had responded to his overtures, even as he moved to scale back joint military exercises with South Korea. It is a familiar pattern from Trump's first ter…
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n1info.rsKim Yo Jong, the sister of the North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, said today that she did not know that there was a recent communication between her brother and US President Donald Trump (Trump), adding that the relationship between the two is "really excellent", reported the British agency Reuters (Reuters).
The influential sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said on Wednesday that she has no knowledge of the recent contacts between his brother and Donald Trump, after the American president let it be understood that he is in connection with his North Korean counterpart, reports AFP and News.ro. At the same time, she denied that the Phenian would send 50,000 ...
Donald Trump suggests to be in contact with Kim Jong Un. Now, the sister of the North Korean dictator explains that she knows nothing about possible talks. At the same time, she stresses that her brother continues to have "good feelings" for Trump.
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