Kim Yo Jong’s comments came amid rising tensions on the peninsula after Pyongyang launched a series of weapons tests this year, including the first intercontinental ballistic missile launch in more than four years. During a visit to the country’s strategic missile command on Friday, South Korean Defense Minister Suh Wook said South Korea has the capability and readiness to launch precision strikes in the north if it detects an impending attack. Image: Kim Jong Un says South could face ‘serious threat’ of ‘reckless comments’ Seoul has long maintained such a precautionary military strategy to counter North Korea’s growing missile and nuclear threats, but it was still very unusual for a senior Seoul official under President Moon Jae-in’s government to discuss it publicly. In response, Kim’s sister said in a statement: “The irrational and scum dare to report a ‘pre-emptive strike’ on a nuclear-armed state. “South Korea could face a serious threat due to the reckless statements of its Secretary of Defense. “South Korea must be disciplined if it is to prevent disaster.” Kim Yoo-yong, a senior official in the ruling Labor Party of the North, is in charge of relations with Seoul and Washington. Use the Chrome browser for a more accessible video player 3:49 Kim Jong Un in a rocket propaganda film South Korea’s spy agency says it is the number two northern official behind its brother. Pak Yong-chun, secretary of the Labor Party Central Committee, warned that “any slight misstatement and misstatement of the other party in the present situation” could lead to “a dangerous conflict and a full-blown war.” Read more: United States believes intercontinental ballistic missiles fired from Pyongyang Satellite imagery appears to indicate new activity at North Korea’s former nuclear test site Pack said North Korea “will relentlessly direct military force to destroy key targets in Seoul and the South Korean military” if South Korea launches a pre-emptive strike on North Korea. There has been a brief recovery in relations in 2018, with North Korea urging the South and the United States to put its nuclear program on the table. Image: Meets South Korean President Moon Jae-in during a brief recession in 2018 At the time, Kim Yo Jong was visiting South Korea to attend the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics and conveying her brother’s invitation to Mr. Moon to visit the North. Kim Jong Un and Mr Moon finally met three times in 2018. However, Pyongyang has cooled off and severed ties with South Korea after the collapse of its wider diplomacy with the US in 2019 over disagreements over US economic sanctions in the north.

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Kim Yo Jong’s comments came amid rising tensions on the peninsula after Pyongyang launched a series of weapons tests this year, including the first intercontinental ballistic missile launch in more than four years. During a visit to the country’s strategic missile command on Friday, South Korean Defense Minister Suh Wook said South Korea has the capability and readiness to launch precision strikes in the north if it detects an impending attack. Image: Kim Jong Un says South could face ‘serious threat’ of ‘reckless comments’ Seoul has long maintained such a precautionary military strategy to counter North Korea’s growing missile and nuclear threats, but it was still very unusual for a senior Seoul official under President Moon Jae-in’s government to discuss it publicly. In response, Kim’s sister said in a statement: “The irrational and scum dare to report a ‘pre-emptive strike’ on a nuclear-armed state. “South Korea could face a serious threat due to the reckless statements of its Secretary of Defense. “South Korea must be disciplined if it is to prevent disaster.” Kim Yoo-yong, a senior official in the ruling Labor Party of the North, is in charge of relations with Seoul and Washington. Use the Chrome browser for a more accessible video player 3:49 Kim Jong Un in a rocket propaganda film South Korea’s spy agency says it is the number two northern official behind its brother. Pak Yong-chun, secretary of the Labor Party Central Committee, warned that “any slight misstatement and misstatement of the other party in the present situation” could lead to “a dangerous conflict and a full-blown war.” Read more: United States believes intercontinental ballistic missiles fired from Pyongyang Satellite imagery appears to indicate new activity at North Korea’s former nuclear test site Pack said North Korea “will relentlessly direct military force to destroy key targets in Seoul and the South Korean military” if South Korea launches a pre-emptive strike on North Korea. There has been a brief recovery in relations in 2018, with North Korea urging the South and the United States to put its nuclear program on the table. Image: Meets South Korean President Moon Jae-in during a brief recession in 2018 At the time, Kim Yo Jong was visiting South Korea to attend the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics and conveying her brother’s invitation to Mr. Moon to visit the North. Kim Jong Un and Mr Moon finally met three times in 2018. However, Pyongyang has cooled off and severed ties with South Korea after the collapse of its wider diplomacy with the US in 2019 over disagreements over US economic sanctions in the north.