Kim Yo Jong, the influential sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, on Wednesday reaffirmed Pyongyang's status as a nuclear state and slammed international calls to eliminate its arsenal as a "daydream.

Kim Jong Un's powerful sister slammed US-led efforts to take away North Korea's nuclear weapons, saying the idea of denuclearising the country was a "daydream". In a statement published Wednesday by the official Korean Central News Agency (KNCA),

Kim Jong-un's powerful sister slammed US-led efforts to take away North Korea's nuclear weapons, saying the idea of denuclearizing the country was a "daydream."