Kim Yo Jong: North Korea will never exchange anything with South Korea and does not need to deal with it; the hostile nature of North Korea-South Korea relations remains unchanged

China News Service, October 8. According to the Korean Central News Agency, Kim Yo-jong, Minister of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea, stated on the 8th that South Korea’s claim to provide “medical equipment assistance” to North Korea was a “serious provocation” against North Korea.

According to reports, Kim Yo-jong said that the South Korean government stated on the 7th that it submitted a so-called "sanction exemption request" for supporting North Korea's "medical equipment" to the United Nations Security Council's North Korea Sanctions Committee in May 2026 and received "approval." South Korea talks about North Korea's "shortage of medicines and medical equipment and deteriorating health conditions" and claims to provide "necessary medical services to improve vulnerable groups." This is an insult to North Korea, a disguised political provocation, and a serious violation of sovereignty.

Kim Yo-jong said that it is currently impossible for South Korean medical equipment to enter North Korea. Behind South Korea's farce lies an insidious political purpose, an attempt to profit from comparing the so-called "goodwill attitude" with North Korea's "opposite attitude" that rejects it. If South Korea intends to improve inter-Korean relations, it should show the greatest respect and sincerity.

Kim Yo Jong emphasized that North Korea will never exchange anything with South Korea and does not need to deal with it; the hostile nature of North Korea-South Korea relations will not change.

Yonhap News Agency reported earlier that information released by South Korea's Ministry of Unification on the 7th showed that the South Korean government had previously submitted an application to the United Nations Security Council Sanctions Committee on North Korea in order to provide medical equipment to North Korea. The report also stated that in May 2026, the committee notified that it would provide exemptions for South Korean Ministry of Unification assistance projects.