Kim Yo Jong has said she is unaware of any recent exchanges of messages between her brother, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, and U.S. President Donald Trump, while describing the personal rapport between the two men as excellent.
She also dismissed as completely irrelevant Trump's decision to scale back joint military exercises with South Korea — drills he had previously called too expensive and an inappropriate and hostile signal toward Pyongyang.
The statements come as Trump has been pressing aides to arrange a new meeting with Kim Jong Un during a planned trip to Asia this autumn, potentially in November on the sidelines of the APEC summit in Shenzhen, China, according to The Wall Street Journal.