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Kim Yo Jong, the powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, said Wednesday she was “completely unaware” of any recent communication between her brother and U.S. President Donald Trump, while dismissing Washington’s decision to scale back joint military exercises with South Korea as “completely uninteresting.”
Her comments came after Trump hinted that he had been in contact with the North Korean leader and as Washington and Seoul announced that their annual joint military exercises would end about a week earlier than originally planned.
“Regarding the recent news from Washington about communication between the leaders of North Korea and the United States, I am completely unaware of it, and it is likely the only matter concerning our top leadership's foreign policy that I am unaware of,” Kim Yo Jong said in a statement.
Kim Yo Jong also played down Trump’s decision to scale back the joint military exercises with South Korea.
“Regarding the reduction of U.S.-South Korea joint military exercises suddenly announced by the U.S. president a few days ago, we do not consider it worth commenting on and find it completely uninteresting,” she said.
Washington and Seoul announced Wednesday that the annual exercises would finish roughly a week earlier than planned following Trump’s order to reduce them.
Despite saying she was unaware of any reported communication between Kim Jong Un and Trump, Kim Yo Jong described the relationship between the two leaders as “excellent.”
Trump has recently hinted that he had been in contact with Kim, but Kim Yo-jong's statement did not confirm any direct communication between the two leaders.
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