Kim Yo Jong

'No one barters its destiny for corn cake': North Korea rejects Seoul's aid-for-disarmament offer

Kim Jong Un's sister Kim Yo Jong said her country will never accept South Korea's 'foolish' offer of economic benefits in exchange for denuclearisation steps, accusing Seoul of recycling past proposals Pyongyang already rejected.

North Korea declares 'victory' over COVID; Kim Jong-un suffered fever, reveals sister

Addressing a meeting of health workers and scientists, Kim Yo Jong blamed the country's COVID outbreak on South Korea and warned of ‘retaliation’

Like brother, like sister: How powerful is North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s sister?

Kim Yo Jong is the North Korean dictator’s only close relative with a public role in politics. She said her country’s nuclear forces would “annihilate” the South Korean military if it launched a pre-emptive strike against the regime

Kim Jong Un's sister says North Korea will use nuclear weapons to 'eliminate' South Korea if attacked

Kim Jong Un's sister Kim Yo Jong said it was a "very big mistake" for "lunatic" South Korea's defence chief Suh Wook to have discussed a pre-emptive strike against a nuclear power

North Korea warns Seoul of 'serious threat' over missile remark

Kim Yo Jong, a senior official in the North's ruling Workers' Party, is in charge of relations with Seoul and Washington. South Korea's spy service says she is the North's No. 2 official behind her brother, Kim Jong Un

How Kim's sister Kim Yo Jong is leading the charge of mixing missile tests and peace offers to pressure US

If long-stalled negotiations resume, US and South Korean officials will likely find themselves dealing with Kim Yo Jong, whose promotion to a key government post this week formalised her status as her brother's top foreign policy official

Kim Yo Jong, North Korea's Kim Jong-un's sister gets post in top government body

It is a major step up from her relatively junior position as a vice department director in the ruling party, and is likely to heighten speculation that she could be a long-shot candidate to succeed her brother

North Korea continues to expand nuclear arsenal, tests new hypersonic missile

The announcement comes a day after South Korean and Japanese militaries said they detected North Korea firing a missile into its eastern sea

North Korea accuses US of hostility, claims nukes a deterrent; wants South to come out of American influence

North Korea mainly uses the term "hostile policy" to refer to US-led sanctions over its nuclear weapons programme and the joint US-South Korea military drills

Kim Yo-jong, sister of North Korea's Kim Jong-un, warns South Korea-US drills will rekindle tensions

Regular drills between Seoul and Washington have been a long-running source of animosities on the Korean Peninsula, with North Korea calling them an invasion rehearsal