Kim Jong Un's sister: Trump must accept North Korea as nuclear weapons state

North Korea said Tuesday that while the relationship between its leader Kim Jong Un and President Donald Trump is “not bad,” the United States must accept the isolated country as a nuclear weapons state

North Korea said Tuesday that while the relationship between its leader Kim Jong Un and President Donald Trump is “not bad,” the United States must accept the isolated country as a nuclear weapons state.

Dismissing the idea of further talks on denuclearization, Kim’s powerful sister said that reality has changed since Trump’s first term in office.

“The year 2025 is neither 2018 nor 2019,” Kim Yo Jong, who is believed to speak for her brother, said in a statement carried by North Korean state news agency KCNA.

“The recognition of the irreversible position of the DPRK as a nuclear weapons state and the hard fact that its capabilities and geopolitical environment have radically changed should be a prerequisite for predicting and thinking everything in the future,” she said, using the abbreviation for North Korea’s formal name, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.

While Kim acknowledged that the “personal relationship” between Trump and Kim is “not bad,” she said that using it to pursue North Korea’s denuclearization would be seen as “mockery.”