Kim Yo Jong, the deputy department head of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea and sister of the country’s leader Kim Jong Un, has stated that strengthening North Korea’s nuclear forces remains the correct path to ensure national security and regional stability. This stance was reported by KCNA.
She noted that the current power imbalance on the Korean Peninsula and throughout the region would invite conflict if left unaddressed. She argued that without a credible deterrent, the prospects for peace would recede and the risk of war would grow as rival powers adjust their postures and plans.
Kim Yo Jong criticized the latest drills conducted by the United States, South Korea, and Japan, saying that this year those powers have carried out more than twenty military actions they claim involve nuclear weapons against North Korea, and that the total number of exercises last year exceeded one hundred.
She pointed to the November 3 joint exercise by the United States, Japan, and the Republic of Korea, which featured fighter jets and B-1B strategic bombers, as clear evidence of a hostile and aggressive stance by the adversaries toward the North.
Kim Yo Jong added that the increasing military maneuvers by the United States and its allies pose a serious threat to peace and security for North Korea and the wider region, framing the trend as a test of patience and a call for sustained vigilance.
Earlier, North Korea conducted a ballistic missile test over the Sea of Japan, a development linked by Pyongyang to its broader deterrence posture and regional security dynamics.