North Korea says its nuclear programme is ‘irreversible’ ahead of Chinese leader’s visit

XW Xinyi WuSouth China Morning PostFiled 2026-06-07 · 11:00 GMTLean · Center-RightRead · 1 min

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North Korea has declared its nuclear weapons program "irreversible," directly contradicting the United States' goal of denuclearization on the Korean peninsula. This statement was made on Sunday, just before Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit. Kim Yo-jong, sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, dismissed reports of shared denuclearization goals between the US and China as "false information" and an "anachronistic dream." This comes after a meeting between US President Donald Trump and President Xi, where the US stated they shared the denuclearization objective, though China's official statement did not mention the issue.

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Kim Yo-jong called the US statement about shared denuclearization goals 'false information'.

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North Korea described the US call for denuclearization as an 'anachronistic dream'.

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North Korea stated its nuclear weapons program is irreversible.

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The United States stated that Donald Trump and Xi Jinping shared the goal of denuclearizing the Korean peninsula.

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North Korea said on Sunday that its nuclear weapons programme was “irreversible”, challenging the US push for denuclearisation a day before Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit.After Donald Trump’s meeting with Xi last month, the United States said the two leaders shared the goal of denuclearising the Korean peninsula, although the Chinese statement did not mention the issue.But Kim Yo-jong, the sister of the North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, described the comments as “false information”, and described the US call for denuclearisation as an “anachronistic dream”, according to the state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).

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