Kim’s Sister Mocks South Korean Olive Branch as ‘Foolish Dream’

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s sister declared that Pyongyang has no intention of improving relations with South Korea, branding it “the most hostile state” and dismissing reports that border loudspeakers were removed in response to Seoul’s peace overtures.

“Whether the ROK withdraws its loudspeakers or not, stops broadcasting or not, postpones its military exercises or not, and downscales them or not, we do not care about them and are not interested in them,” Kim Yo Jong said in a statement carried by state media Thursday. ROK stands for the South’s official name, the Republic of Korea.