Sister of North Korean leader rejects assertions of U.S-China pursuit of denuclearization

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

52% : " The statement followed North Korea's unveiling earlier in the week of a new plant for producing weapons-grade nuclear material, where Kim Jong-un called for an "exponential" expansion of the country's arsenal, according to KCNA.
43% : Its timing appeared aimed at signaling that the North's nuclear program would not be open for discussion when Xi meets Kim Jong-un. Kim Yo-jong's statement came after the U.S. State Department repeated a statement from the White House from the May summit.
41% : Kim Yo-jong, the sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and a department director of the ruling party, said the country would never give up its status as a nuclear weapons state and rejected a U.S. assertion that Washington and Beijing had agreed to pursue its denuclearization at the U.S.-China summit in May.
40% : The push to strengthen its nuclear deterrent, set out by Kim Jong-un, was "an irreversible final conclusion to be carried out unconditionally," she added.

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