Overview

• Kim Yo-jong said North Korea has no interest in any policy or proposal from South Korea and will not sit down for talks.
• The remarks mark the first official North Korean response to President Lee Jae Myung’s administration, which took office on June 4.
• Kim accused Lee of mirroring his predecessor by blindly adhering to the South Korea–US alliance and pursuing confrontation.
• South Korea’s presidential office and Unification Ministry acknowledged the high walls of distrust but vowed to calmly continue reconciliation and cooperation efforts.
• The Lee administration has suspended loudspeaker broadcasts, banned propaganda leaflet flights, and repatriated North Korean fishermen as goodwill gestures.