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Kim Yo Jong: North Korea's Nuclear Status Absolute and Irreversible
September 17, 2026 at 02:27 AM
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كيم يو جونج: وضع كوريا الشمالية النووي مطلق ولا يمكن عكسه | مصراوي
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شقية زعيم كوريا الشمالية: النووي قرار نهائي لا تراجع عنه
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شقيقة زعيم كوريا الشمالية: النووي قرار نهائي لا تراجع عنه
(opens the publisher’s site)Kim Yo Jong, sister of leader Kim Jong Un, has said North Korea's nuclear status is absolute and irreversible, rejecting international calls to denuclearize.
- Kim Yo Jong has dismissed demands that North Korea give up its nuclear weapons as "familiar nonsense" and called those making them "fools."
- She said the country's status as a nuclear-armed state is "absolute and irreversible" and cannot change "even a bit."
- Trump has said North Korea possesses 57 nuclear weapons; Seoul estimates the arsenal at 80 to 120.
- North Korea's arsenal has expanded since the second Kim-Trump summit collapsed in 2019 over disagreement on what Pyongyang would receive for denuclearization steps.
- Kim Yo Jong made the remarks as the annual IAEA General Conference convened in Vienna, where she predicted growing calls for Pyongyang to abandon its nuclear program.
- She said North Korea's nuclear status, enshrined in its constitution in 2023, 'cannot change even by a fingertip's width.'