Kim Jong Un’s Powerful Sister Offers Rare Olive Branch to Japan

  • She says summit possible if abductee issue is off the table
  • Japanese Prime Minister Kishida has long sought a summit
Kim Yo JongPhotographer: Vladimir Smirnov/AFP/Getty Images
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The influential sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un offered a rare opening for Japan, saying she saw a positive tone in comments from Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, who is seeking a summit.

Kim Yo Jong indicated a meeting of leaders would be possible if Japan “does not lay such a stumbling block as the already settled abduction issue,” she said in a press statement issued Thursday on state media.