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North Korea Says It Will Never Give up Nuclear Weapons, Says Relations With Trump ‘Not Bad’

Kim Jong Un’s sister released the statement on Tuesday.
North Korea Says It Will Never Give up Nuclear Weapons, Says Relations With Trump ‘Not Bad’
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's younger sister Kim Yo Jong (C) arrives at the Jinbu train station in Pyeongchang, South Korea, on Feb. 9, 2018. Lee Jin-man/AP Photo
Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
Breaking News Reporter
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A top North Korean regime official said Tuesday that North Korea will not give up its nuclear weapons but said that ties between Pyongyang and the Trump administration are “not bad.”

“The year 2025 is neither 2018 nor 2019,” Kim Yo Jong, the sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, said in a statement carried by state-run media outlet KCNA.
Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
Breaking News Reporter
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