In a statement carried by state media, Kim Yo Jong said she doesn’t deny the personal relationship between her brother and Trump “is not bad.” But she said if their personal relations are to serve the purpose of North Korea’s denuclearization, North Korea would view it as “nothing but a mockery.”

Donald Trump must accept a “changed reality” and recognise North Korea as a nuclear power if the United States wants to resume talks, Kim Jong-un’s sister has warned.