U.S.-South Korea pact risks a more aggressive North Korea

Pyongyang has lashed out at deal to deploy U.S. strategic assets to East Asia

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Kim Yo Jong, sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, says North Korea's exercise of self-defense will become stronger. (File photo by Reuters)

GABRIELA BERNAL, Contributing writer

SEOUL -- After South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and U.S. President Joe Biden reached a landmark agreement at their recent summit, Kim Yo Jong, the powerful sister of North Korea's leader, said the two had "reconfirmed the hostility of the rulers and military warmongers of Washington and Seoul towards our country."

She also warned that the deal, called the Washington Declaration, "will only result in making peace and security of Northeast Asia and the world be exposed to more serious danger."

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