US increasing threats by stationing nuclear submarine at South Korean port, says Kim Jong Un's sister

Kim Yo Jong, the powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, criticised the presence of a US nuclear submarine in the South Korean port of Busan, state media KCNA said on Tuesday (September 24).

Kim called it a proof of US ambition to “bring out its nuclear strategic assets, show off its strength, increase its threat,” according to KCNA.

The USS Vermont arrived at a naval base in Busan on Monday (September 23) to resupply and allow crew members to rest, Yonhap news agency said citing South Korea’s navy.

Kim’s published remarks came after the foreign ministers of South Korea, the United States and Japan held a meeting on Monday on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly.