North Korea decries medical aid, says ‘nothing to give or receive’ from Seoul

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Kim Yo-jong criticized South Korea’s plan to provide North Korea with medical equipment, describing the initiative as a political provocation and an affront to sovereignty. She also objected to Seoul’s public efforts to secure a UN sanctions exemption for the aid package.

North Korea’s Kim Yo-jong, the powerful sister of ‌leader Kim Jong-un, denounced on Thursday South Korea’s plans to provide medical equipment aid to Pyongyang, calling it a “political provocation” and violation of its sovereignty. In a statement carried by state media KCNA, Kim criticised Seoul for publicising its efforts to obtain United Nations sanctions exemptions for a medical aid package, saying Seoul had “insulted” North Korea by referring to shortages of medicines and medical equipment...