US is increasing threats with nuclear submarine presence, says Kim Yo-jong

 

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US is increasing threats

with nuclear submarine

presence, says Kim Yo-jong

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-24 Sep 2024, 06:14 PM

Powerful sister of North Korean leader says USS Vermont’s presence at Busan port ratchets up local tensions.

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Kim Yo-jong, sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, delivers a speech during a national meeting against the coronavirus in Pyongyang, in 2022. (KCNA/AP pic)

SEOUL: 

Kim Yo-jong, the powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, criticised the presence of a US nuclear submarine in the South Korean port of Busan, state media KCNA said on Tuesday.

Kim called it a proof of US ambition to 

bring out its nuclear strategic assets, show off its strength and increase threats

, according to KCNA.

The USS Vermont arrived at a naval base in Busan on Monday to resupply and allow crew members to rest, Yonhap news agency said, citing South Korea’s navy.

Kim’s published remarks came after the foreign ministers of South Korea, the US and Japan held a meeting on Monday on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly.

They expressed concerns about North Korea’s recent revelation of its uranium enrichment facilities and continued 

unlawful

 military co-operation with Russia, and agreed to work toward realising a trilateral summit within this year, South Korea’s foreign ministry said in a statement.

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kt comments:
Never thought I would agree with a North Korean leader but she's right, that US has shown off its strength and increased threats to North Korea and China by the actual but unnecessary presence of a US nuclear submarine in the South Korean port of Busan.
Warmonger!