In Pyongyang, Kim Yo Jong — the powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un — declared the country’s nuclear arsenal an “irreversible reality” and said it was not up for negotiation. The statement was pointedly timed: it came just hours before the first state visit by China’s president to North Korea since 2019, a diplomatic event closely watched by Washington, Seoul, and Tokyo for any sign of shifting dynamics on the Korean Peninsula.
Walter Murrow
June 7, 2026
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