Top North Korea official blasts Asean for urging denuclearization

SEOUL, South Korea — The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attacked the bloc of Southeast Asian nations on Monday for seeking a denuclearized Korean peninsula, blasting the position as “stupid and foolish.” At its annual regional forum last week, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) expressed “grave concern” over Pyongyang’s ongoing nuclear weapons development and stressed the importance of dialogue “to realise lasting peace and stability in a denuclearised Korean Peninsula.” North Korea has long insisted on its right to nuclear weapon and ballistic missile programs, although they are forbidden under the terms of UN […]...

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