Kim Yo Jong, the sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, has\nadmitted that she \u2018did not know\u2019 about any communication between her\nbrother and US President Donald Trump. This comes after Trump hinted at\ncontact with Kim Jong Un and announced plans for a meeting between the\ntwo.<\/p>\n
Speaking to reporters at the White House on Wednesday (19\/8), Trump\nclaimed he had a \u2018very good relationship\u2019 with the North Korean leader.\nThe US President even claimed he \u2018knew Kim Jong Un very well\u2019.<\/p>\n
\u2018Regarding the latest news from Washington about communication\nbetween the leaders of North Korea and the United States, I am\ncompletely unaware of it,\u2019 Kim Yo Jong said in a statement, as reported\nby AFP on Thursday (20\/8\/2026).<\/p>\n
\u2018It is likely the only matter concerning the foreign policy of our\nsupreme leader that I do not know about,\u2019 she said.<\/p>\n
Nevertheless, Kim Yo Jong, who is highly influential in North Korea,\nsaid her brother still had \u2018good memories and feelings\u2019 towards Trump.\nShe said the relationship between the two leaders remained \u2018very\ngood\u2019.<\/p>\n
Trump met Kim Jong Un three times during his first term, after\ninitially mocking the North Korean leader as a \u2018rocket man\u2019 and\nthreatening to unleash \u2018fire and fury\u2019 against Pyongyang. Their last\nmeeting was held in 2019.<\/p>\n
Trump previously said that he and Kim Jong Un \u2018fell in love\u2019 after\nexchanging \u2018beautiful letters\u2019. However, the high-profile summits\nproduced little real progress on North Korea\u2019s nuclear issue, and the\ntwo have not met again since Trump returned to the White House.<\/p>\n
Even so, Trump recently put North Korea back on the main agenda after\nsuddenly announcing on Sunday (16\/8) that he had ordered the Pentagon to\nreduce the scale of joint military exercises with South Korea, citing\nhis relationship with Kim Jong Un.<\/p>\n
On Wednesday (19\/8), Trump called the joint military exercises \u2018very\ninsulting\u2019 to Kim Jong Un and said the North Korean leader had been\n\u2018very nice\u2019.<\/p>\n
Trump also raised the possibility of meeting Kim Jong Un again later\nthis year. When asked by reporters whether he planned to meet the North\nKorean leader this year, the US President replied: \u2018Yes, I will.\u2019<\/p>\n
Trump did not provide further details, but the leading US media\noutlet Wall Street Journal reported that Trump was considering a meeting\nwith Kim Jong Un during a visit to Shenzhen, China, to attend the APEC\nsummit in November.<\/p>\n
Regarding Trump\u2019s decision to reduce the scale of the joint US-South\nKorea military exercises, which North Korea has always condemned, Kim Yo\nJong was reluctant to comment at length. She described the matter as\n\u2018uninteresting\u2019 to Pyongyang.<\/p>\n
\u2018Regarding the sudden reduction of the joint US-South Korea military\nexercises announced by the US President a few days ago, we consider it\nunworthy of comment and completely uninteresting to us,\u2019 Kim Yo Jong\nsaid in her statement.<\/p>\n
Previously, North Korea\u2019s Foreign Ministry, in a statement released\nby the North Korean news agency KCNA, condemned the joint exercises as\n\u2018exercises for an aggressive war\u2019 that would trigger new instability in\nthe region.<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/kim-jong-uns-sister-admits-she-was-unaware-of-his-communications-with-trump-1787219559", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }