Powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim rejects appeasement overture by South's new president

The influential sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has rebuffed an appeasement policy by South Korea’s new liberal government, saying that North Korea has no interests in talks with South Korea for whatever proposal its rival offers. Kim Yo Jong’s comments Monday suggest again that North Korea, now preoccupied with its expanding cooperation with Russia, has no intentions of returning to diplomacy with South Korea and the U.S. anytime soon. It’s North Korea’s first official statement on the government of South Korean President Lee Jae Myung, which took office in early June.