North Korea leader’s sister denies talks with ‘hostile’ US

BREAKING, Kim Yo Jong said she was unaware of any talks between her brother and US President Donald TrumpThe sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has denied any ongoing communication between US President Donald Trump and her brother, maintaining that the US continues to engage in a “hostile” policy towards her country.“Regarding the recent news from Washington about communication between the leaders of North Korea and the United States, I am completely unaware of it, and it is likely the only matter concerning our top leadership’s foreign policy that I am unaware of,” Kim Yo Jong said in a statement published by the state-run Korean Central News Agency on Wednesday.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Trump says talking to North Korea’s Kim makes the south saferlist 2 of 3South Korea, US scale back annual military drills after Trump’s orderlist 3 of 3‘Tit for tat’: Why is Trump cosying up to North Korea’s Kim Jong Un again?end of listLater on Wednesday, Trump said he gets along well with Kim and was planning to meet the North Korean leader.Trump on Monday told reporters he had been in touch with Kim, and the leader had been “very positive” in responding to his proposal for talks.Trump, who has often touted what he says is a close relationship with the unpredictable North Korean leader, made the claim after being pressed by reporters on whether his recent overtures towards Kim Jong Un, and very public resentment of South Korea, had resulted in any progress towards talks.“Kim Jong Un has always treated me with great respect,” Trump said. “I understand him. He understands me.”Trump has expressed frustration with South Korea’s refusal to help with the war against Iran.On Sunday, Trump ordered the Pentagon to significantly scale back joint military exercises with South Korea, which hosts around 28,500 US troops, a legacy of the 1950-53 Korean War, which ended in an armistice but no definite conclusion to the conflict.