– Kim Jong-un’s sister called the UN Secretary-General prejudiced and said that North Korea will never give up the development of nuclear weapons

Kim Yo-jong, the North Korean leader’s influential younger sister, rejected the UN secretary-general’s criticism of Pyongyang’s missile tests on Saturday, stressing that North Korea will never give up its nuclear weapons development.

On Thursday, UN Secretary-General António Guterres condemned North Korea’s launch of the Hwasong-19 intercontinental ballistic missile, which he said was a violation of UN Security Council resolutions.

In response, Kim Yo-jong called the UN Secretary-General unfair and prejudiced and claimed that the missile tests were for self-defense purposes. According to a report by the North Korean news agency KCNA, he also added that the policy of international sanctions and pressure against Pyongyang only strengthened the country.

North Korea tested a newly developed intercontinental ballistic missile

North Korea on Thursday test-fired a newly developed intercontinental ballistic missile called Hwasong-19, which spent the longest time in the air of any missile ever launched by North Korea. The missile flew for 86 minutes at a maximum altitude of more than 7,000 kilometers, surpassing the data of previous North Korean missile tests.

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