The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Friday rejected Seoul's offer of economic assistance in return for denuclearisation steps.
The announcement comes after South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol announced this week an aid proposal that would include food, energy, and infrastructure assistance in exchange for the North relinquishing its nuclear weapons program.
Reportedly, Kim Yo Jong, sister of leader Kim Jong Un termed the offer 'foolish' and stated that her country would never accept the offer.
"To think that the plan to barter 'economic cooperation' for our honor, (our) nukes, is a great dream, hope, and plan of Yoon, we came to realize that he is really simple and still childish," she said in a statement carried by the official Korea Central News Agency.
"We make it clear that we will not sit face to face with him," she added, saying "no one barters its destiny for corn cake".
She further accused the South of recycling past proposals the North had already rejected and compared Yoon to a barking dog.
The statements were published in the Friday edition of North Korea’s official Rodong Sinmun newspaper. In the commentary, Kim Yo Jong stressed that her country had no intentions to give away its nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles program.
South Korea's presidential office expressed "strong regret" over Yo Jong's "rude" remarks, but added that the offer of economic aid remained in place.
The announcement comes after South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol announced this week an aid proposal that would include food, energy, and infrastructure assistance in exchange for the North relinquishing its nuclear weapons program.
Reportedly, Kim Yo Jong, sister of leader Kim Jong Un termed the offer 'foolish' and stated that her country would never accept the offer.
"To think that the plan to barter 'economic cooperation' for our honor, (our) nukes, is a great dream, hope, and plan of Yoon, we came to realize that he is really simple and still childish," she said in a statement carried by the official Korea Central News Agency.
"We make it clear that we will not sit face to face with him," she added, saying "no one barters its destiny for corn cake".
She further accused the South of recycling past proposals the North had already rejected and compared Yoon to a barking dog.
The statements were published in the Friday edition of North Korea’s official Rodong Sinmun newspaper. In the commentary, Kim Yo Jong stressed that her country had no intentions to give away its nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles program.
South Korea's presidential office expressed "strong regret" over Yo Jong's "rude" remarks, but added that the offer of economic aid remained in place.
