Kim Jong-un's sister makes tough statement to the US

According to KCNA today, November 30, Ms. Kim said the United States had shown "extreme double standards" at this week's United Nations Security Council meeting on North Korea's November 21 spy satellite launch. The meeting set the stage for a rare public exchange between US Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield and North Korean Ambassador Kim Song. Both said their country's military activities were purely defensive, according to Reuters.

Ms. Kim said Ambassador Thomas-Greenfield emphasized efforts to reopen negotiations with North Korea even as she lacked a “legitimate basis” for not recognizing North Korea’s sovereign rights over space development.

A rocket carrying the Malligyong-1 spy satellite was launched from a location believed to be North Korea's North Kyungsang Province on November 21.

Ms. Kim also said that Ambassador Thomas-Greenfield could not "provide a more plausible reason to explain why the US supports ' diplomatic engagement' and its efforts to 'resume dialogue' while conducting provocative military activities by the US nuclear aircraft carrier and nuclear submarine deployed to the Korean peninsula."

"We make it clear once again to the US that they have asked the DPRK to set a time and agenda for resuming the DPRK-US dialogue… The sovereignty of an independent state can never be an agenda item for negotiations, and therefore the DPRK will never quarrel with the US for that purpose," Kim said, according to KCNA.

Ms. Kim also asserted that it was the US's "double standards" and "arbitrary behavior" rather than North Korea's space program that were harming peace and stability in the region.

The United States and South Korea have condemned North Korea's satellite launch on the evening of November 21 as a violation of United Nations Security Council resolutions banning Pyongyang from using any ballistic technology, according to Reuters.

Also according to KCNA, leader Kim Jong-un examined photos taken by North Korean spy satellites of the US naval base in San Diego (USA) and Kadena air base in Japan.

Pyongyang has claimed the spy satellite was designed to monitor US and South Korean military activities, and that it had taken pictures of US military bases around the world, as well as the White House and the Pentagon.

However, North Korean media have so far not released any images taken by the spy satellite, sparking debate among officials and analysts in South Korea and the United States about the satellite's true capabilities.

Meanwhile, South Korea initially planned to launch its first spy satellite on a US Falcon 9 rocket on November 30, but the plan was postponed due to weather, according to Reuters.

In a separate commentary, KCNA accused South Korea of ​​stepping up "war provocations" through joint military exercises with the US military, including the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson.

There is currently no information about the reaction of the US and South Korea to the new statement and accusations from North Korea.

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