Kim Yo-jong: "Dialogue Is Among Options, but Not Equated with National Interests"

▲ North Korea's Kim Yo-jong

Kim Yo-jong, director of the General Affairs Department of North Korea's Workers' Party of Korea, stated that "while dialogue is certainly included among the options for defending peace, for us, it is not necessarily equated with national interests."

Director Kim made the claim while issuing statements regarding the Binance hacking incident for the second consecutive day, following yesterday (November 3).

Kim raised grievances by enumerating past U.S. actions, stating that this incident is "merely the tip of the iceberg revealing the true nature of the United States' hostile policy toward the DPRK (North Korea)."

She pointed to the foreign ministers of South Korea, the United States, and Japan meeting on the sidelines of the G20 Foreign Ministers' Meeting to discuss North Korea's "denuclearization," and said, "[The United States] is setting new records day after day in various hostile areas including denuclearization, human rights, cyber, sanctions, and military affairs, such as pushing ahead with joint military exercises under various pretexts, imposing unilateral and multilateral sanctions, and releasing the 'Trafficking in Persons Report.'"

Kim said she views the Binance hacking incident as an extension of Washington's unchanging hostile policy, remarking, "Clearly, the malicious intention of the United States to exploit this incident to gain certain political advantages is producing political side effects."

Defining this as a "regressive move" by the United States, she added, "While talking about dialogue, [the United States] is unwilling to give up its policy of confrontation," emphasizing, "It is our clear position that there is no need to sit down face-to-face with untrustworthy and hostile people."

Kim also stressed, "We do not know how to respond in any other way to the hostile signals the United States continuously sends," adding, "It is only natural that new records should also be created in our reflexive responses."

In her statement yesterday, Kim lashed out at the FBI's announcement that North Korea was behind the Binance hack, calling it a "political provocation by the United States" and "absurd misinformation," warning, "There will be issues for us to reconsider from various angles regarding the hostile attitude of the United States."

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