Kim Yo-jong: "Talks Will Drift Away If US Strengthens Extended Deterrence and Military Alliance System"

North Korea has once again emphasized its stance that denuclearization is impossible even with the withdrawal of U.S. Forces Korea, in response to the strengthening of extended deterrence by South Korea and the United States.

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Kim Yo-jong, Vice Director of the Workers' Party of Korea, stated in a commentary released by the Korean Central News Agency on the 17th, "The more the United States strengthens the extended deterrence system and expands the military alliance system, the more it should realize that it only pushes us further away from the negotiation table they desire."

She also said, "Even if a hypothetical North Korea-U.S. dialogue were to take place, it is obvious that the package the current U.S. administration would put on the negotiation table would be nothing more than 'CVID' (Complete, Verifiable, and Irreversible Denuclearization)," emphasizing, "At this point, the word denuclearization should truly be looked up only in an archaic dictionary."

She continued, "If the United States thinks that suspending joint military exercises temporarily, halting the deployment of strategic assets, or reversible sanctions relief can stop our advance and lead to irreversible disarmament, that is a delusion," she asserted.

Furthermore, she claimed, "Although it is a fantasy, even if they resort to strategic deceptions such as the withdrawal of U.S. troops, they should know that it would take only about fifteen days for overseas U.S. military forces to return."

This assertion is interpreted as creating a justification that North Korea is not the one closing the door to dialogue, while also implying that for South Korea and the U.S. to propose talks, the withdrawal of U.S. Forces Korea would not be sufficient, and even if it were, denuclearization could not even be a subject of discussion.

Meanwhile, on the same day, Kim Yo-jong referred to South Korea using both "《Daehanminguk》" and "Namjoson" expressions, as she did in her statement on the 10th. Analysts suggested that Kim Yo-jong's mention of "《Daehanminguk》" may indicate that she views the South not as a special counterpart but as a 'separate country.'

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