Kim Yo-jong rejects ARF denuclearization call, signals Pyongyang's push to cement nuclear state status

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's sister Kim Yo-jong on Monday dismissed a regional call for the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula. The move appeared to both reinforce Pyongyang's claim that its nuclear weapons status is irreversible and resist efforts to keep denuclearization at the center of international diplomacy. In a statement published by the state-run Korean Central News Agency, Kim took issue with a statement adopted at the ASEAN Regional Forum foreign ministers' meeting in Mani