North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's influential sister said Tuesday that the deployment of a U.S. aircraft carrier to South Korea would prompt Pyongyang to bolster its nuclear arsenal and ramp up military provocations.

Kim Yo Jong condemns Washington for ‘stepping up political and military provocations’ with deployment of USS Carl Vinson

In response, the U.S. has intensified joint military drills and expressions of support for Seoul, actions that have drawn the ire of Kim's regime. The North accuses Washington and its ally, South Korea, of aggression, claiming such moves justify moving forward with its nuclear ambitions.

Kim’s ‘carefully calibrated’ remarks are aimed at exploiting Trump’s animosity towards Biden to push the US to change course, analysts say.

A visit by a U.S. aircraft carrier to South Korea prompted a warning from the sister of North Korea’s leader that Washington and Seoul “should not test” the communist regime.

The warning by Kim Yo Jong implies North Korea will likely ramp up weapons testing activities and maintain its confrontational posture against the US

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un threatened Tuesday to launch high-profile provocations in response to the arrival of a U.S. aircraft carrier in South Korea and other U.S. military activities, which she slammed as “confrontation hysteria of the U.S. and its stooges.”