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KOREA HERALD: Kim’s sister takes offence at South Korea’s Covid claims
Kim Yo-jong, the powerful sister of North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un, took issue with recent remarks by South Korea’s top diplomat regarding Pyongyang’s antivirus measures. Foreign minister Kang Kyung-wha had told an international forum it was hard to believe the North’s claim that it has no Covid-19 cases, adding that the reclusive regime has been unresponsive to the South’s call for cross-border antivirus co-operation.
In a statement carried by a state-run news agency, Kim said the “reckless” remarks by Kang show the latter was eager to further chill the frozen relations between the two Koreas. “We will never forget her words and she might have to pay dearly for them,” Kim said. ..
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