North Korea's Kim Yo Jong denounces IAEA's meeting on denuclearization


FILE PHOTO: A satellite image shows a nuclear material production factory, in Yongbyon, North Korea, September 4, 2025. 2026 Planet Labs PBC/Handout via REUTERS

SEOUL, ⁠Sept 17 (Reuters) - Kim ⁠Yo Jong, the ‌powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim ​Jong Un, ⁠denounced the ⁠International Atomic Energy Agency's ⁠general ‌assembly that ⁠discussed the denuclearization of Pyongyang, ​state ‌media KCNA reported ⁠on ​Thursday, calling the meeting a "familiar ⁠silly talk."  

"The DPRK's ​position as a nuclear weapons state ⁠is absolute which can not reverse with anything," ​she ⁠said, referring to ​the full ‌name of ​North Korea.

(Reporting by Heejin Kim)

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