Kim Jong-un’s Kid Sister Turns to Sarcasm in War of Words Over North Korean Artillery Barrage

Claims the North conducted ‘a deceptive operation in order to assess the real detecting ability’ of South’s ‘military gangsters.’

Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP, file
The sister of North Korea's leader, Kim Yo-jong, at Pyongyang, North Korea, in 2022. Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP, file

Just kidding. That was the sum and substance of a North Korean artillery barrage three days ago, according to the younger sister of North Korea’s leader. The Korean People’s Army “did not fire even a single shell into the relevant waters,” says Kim Yo-jong, who often issues fiery statements that her big brother Kim Jong-un would rather not put out in his own name.

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