Kim Jong-un's sister labels South Koreans 'idiots' in string of insults

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The ministry said it would also consider taking action against alleged cyberattacks by North Korea, believed to be a key new source of funding for its weapons program, if the North conducts a major provocation like a nuclear test. 9News

attacked South Korea with a string of insults on Thursday for considering new unilateral sanctions against the North, calling its president and his government "idiots" and "a running wild dog gnawing on a bone given by the US".

Her official title is vice department director of the Central Committee of the North's ruling Workers' Party. South Korea quickly shot back at Kim's insults of Yoon, saying it's "very deplorable for her to denounce our head of state with rough, substandard words and show no basic forms of etiquette". But observers say Seoul's push to coordinate with the United States and others to crack down on North Korea's alleged illicit cyberactivities could anger North Korea and damage its financing of its weapons programs.Earlier this year, a panel of UN experts said in a report that North Korea was stealing hundreds of millions of dollars from financial institutions and cryptocurrency firms and exchanges.

South Korea's Foreign Ministry said Thursday that North Korea is turning to cybercrime and covert ship-to-ship transfers of unauthorised goods as a way to evade those UN sanctions.

 

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