Published: June 7, 2026 • 6:14 PM IST · Updated: June 7, 2026 • 6:15 PM ISTBy TheBriefWire Editorial Team
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Kim Yo Jong, the sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, has reaffirmed the country's nuclear ambitions ahead of a visit by Chinese President Xi Jinping.
A day before a high-profile visit by Chinese President Xi Jinping, North Korea said it will not back down from developing nuclear weapons.
"Our status as a nuclear power is absolutely nonnegotiable,"Kim Yo Jong, the sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, said in comments published by the official newspaper of record, Rodong Sinmun, on Sunday.
She is considered a key communications and foreign policy figure in North Korea.
"The policy of continuously strengthening self-defensive nuclear war deterrence, as declared by the head of state, is an irreversible and final conclusion that must be executed unconditionally," she added.