Kim Jong-un’s sister condemns South Korea-US warfare video games

PYONGYANG, Aug 10 (The Guardian) - The influential sister of the North Korean ruler, Kim Jong-un, has known as Seoul authorities “treacherous” over the South’s joint army sporting activities with the US, warning the two allies might face more security threats as a end result.

Kim Yo-jong’s trendy comments come no matter a surprise thaw at the Korean peninsula, induced by a chain of private letters between her brother and the South Korean president, Moon Jae-in.

The  sides in July restored cross-border communications that have been severed greater than a year in the past, saying their leaders had agreed to paintings on improving ties.

But Kim Yo-jong, a key adviser to her brother, said the South become “treacherous” for containing “risky” joint navy drills with Washington this month, which the North has lengthy considered rehearsals for invasion.

“I take this opportunity to express my robust regret for the treacherous treatment of the South Korean authorities,” she said in a statement launched through Pyongyang’s legitimate KCNA news enterprise.

Kim’s statement came because the US and South Korean militaries commenced their initial schooling on Tuesday within the run-up to subsequent week’s yearly summertime exercise.

By sporting out the drills, Seoul and Washington might “honestly face extra safety threats”, she stated, and the North would support its defence and pre-emptive strike talents.

Seoul and Washington are treaty allies, with the United States stationing approximately 28,500 troops within the South to defend it towards its nuclear-armed neighbour. They have formerly scaled again their annual joint military exercises significantly to facilitate nuclear talks with Pyongyang.

The South’s dovish Moon is credited with brokering the primary ever summit between North Korea and a sitting US president, in Singapore in June 2018. But the North in large part reduce off touch with Seoul after the crumble of a 2nd summit among Kim and Donald Trump in Hanoi that left nuclear talks at a standstill.