On July 28, the White House stated that President Donald Trump remains willing to engage in talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un to achieve the complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula. The South Korean government echoed this position, reaffirming its commitment to rebuilding inter-Korean trust in a peaceful environment and creating favorable conditions for resuming U.S.–North Korea dialogue.
However, North Korea’s state media, the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), reported that Kim Yo-jong – sister of Kim Jong-un and Vice Department Director of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea – dismissed these overtures, stating that “U.S.–North Korea contact is merely the United States’ ‘wish.’” She criticized Washington’s unilateral interpretation of past talks, saying Pyongyang assigns no value to such evaluations.
Kim declared that North Korea’s nuclear status is now irreversible and that the regional geopolitical landscape has fundamentally changed. Recognizing this reality, she said, must be the starting point for any future discussions. North Korea, she added, remains open to any option that safeguards its national status. If the U.S. refuses to accept this new reality and clings to failed strategies of the past, she concluded, any talk of renewed dialogue will remain nothing more than an American illusion.
Source: Huanqiu Times, July 29, 2025
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