North Korea Tells South Korea’s President Yoon To Shut His Mouth

North Korea’s Kim Yo Jong, the sister of leader Kim Jong Un, has bluntly rejected a South Korean offer to help boost the country’s economy if it gives up nuclear weapons.

On the South President Yoon Suk-yeol, Kim Yo Jong said in a statement; “It would have been more favourable for his image to shut his mouth."

Kim Yo Jong also called Yoon “really simple and still childish” to think that he could trade economic cooperation for North Korea’s honour and nuclear weapons.

In response, South Korea’s Unification Minister Kwon Young-se expressed “deep regret” in parliament over Kim Yo Jong’s comments, describing her criticism of Yoon as “very disrespectful and indecent."

The Korean central news agency (KCNA) statement indicated North Korea had no intention to open talks with Yoon.

The KCNA report also confirmed that North Korea test-fired two cruise missiles into the sea on Wednesday.

They were the first tests in weeks and followed Kim’s declaration of “victory” over the COVID-19 pandemic.

North Korea has carried out an unprecedented wave of weapons tests this year, including the launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile for the first time since 2017.