Radio Islam’s Asia Pacific correspondent Kiru Naidoo says Kim Yo Jong, the powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s eerie message aimed at the Biden administration can be interpreted as a confrontational stance against the US.
Kim’s comments, carried by the state-run Korean Central News Agency, are the first reactions from Pyongyang since President Joe Biden took office, and coincides with the arrival of Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin in the region.