North Korea blasts ASEAN for urging denuclearisation

SEOUL, July 27 (AFP): The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attacked the bloc of Southeast Asian nations on Monday for seeking a denuclearised Korean peninsula, blasting the position as "stupid and foolish."

At its annual regional forum last week, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) expressed "grave concern" over Pyongyang's ongoing nuclear weapons development and stressed the importance of dialogue "to realise lasting peace and stability in a denuclearised Korean Peninsula."