Kim Yo Jong's remarks fit a longstanding pattern of aggressive language during ongoing South Korea-U.S. military drills, which the North has repeatedly denounced as invasion rehearsals, but the comments also reflect a change in Pyongyang's approach to its rival.
Her brother has shifted his focus to Moscow and last year declared North Korea was abandoning long-standing goals of a peaceful unification with South Korea. He ordered the constitution rewritten to declare the South a permanent enemy.
- Lee Jae Myung, South Korea's new liberal president, has pushed to revive dialogue between the Koreas since taking office in June.
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