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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin arrived in Tokyo on the 15th and began their official visits to Japan and South Korea. North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s sister, Kim Yo-jung, issued a statement on the 15th through North Korean state media warning that the United States “do not spread the smell of smoke if you want to sleep peacefully.”
According to the Yonhap news agency, Kim Yo-jung stated that “a suggestion for the new US government that is working hard to spread the smell of smoke from the other side of the sea”, “if you want to sleep peacefully in the next 4 years, better not to do it in the first place. Something about insomnia. “
This is the first time that North Korea has sent a message to the Biden administration since Biden assumed the US presidency in January. According to the White House and the State Department on the 15th, the United States had tried to contact North Korea through various channels, but North Korea refused to respond.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin are visiting Japan and South Korea. Addressing the CCP and North Korea will be an important topic of the talks. According to an external analysis, North Korea spoke out and threatened.
White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki said President Biden’s administration has solicited the views of government officials on the North Korean issue and consulted Japan and South Korea. Shaqi emphasized: “As expected, we will continue to expand exchanges with partners and allies in this region.”
In addition, the United States and South Korea will launch large-scale joint spring military exercises from 8 this month for 9 days. However, due to the new corona epidemic, the scale of the exercise is smaller than usual.
Jin Duyan, senior assistant researcher at the New American Security Center, noted that “these defensive exercises are designed to protect South Korea and Americans living in South Korea from potential North Korean attacks.”
In response, Kim Yo-jung delivered a speech on North Korea Central Radio today (16) that military exercises against North Korea will make it difficult for the two sides to return to the “spring of three years ago.” He also threatened that if South Korea increases its military strength, it will break the agreement in the military field between South Korea and North Korea.
On January 13 this year, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un also published a long military list, stating that he would continue to develop nuclear weapons and missiles, threatening world peace.
The DPRK’s attitude now poses a challenge to the meeting between the United States, Japan and South Korea. In fact, after Biden took office, not only North Korea, but also the CCP, Iran, and other regimes resorted to provocations and tested the bottom line.
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