Pelosi stares into North Korea at border after discussing DPRK nuclear threat

South Korean president calls US House speaker’s visit to Panmunjom a ‘sign’ of joint deterrence against Pyongyang

Jeongmin Kim August 4, 2022

Pelosi stares into North Korea at border after discussing DPRK nuclear threat

U.S. Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi arrives at South Korea's National Assembly, Aug. 4, 2022 | Image: Nancy Pelosi Twitter

U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited the inter-Korean border area of Panmunjom on Thursday, informed sources confirmed to NK News, in what South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol called a show of deterrence against North Korea.

Pelosi’s trip to the Joint Security Area (JSA) in the Demilitarized Zone came less than an hour after she held phone talks with Yoon and discussed how to respond to North Korean threats with political leaders in Seoul.

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Jeongmin Kim

Jeongmin Kim is the Lead Correspondent at NK News, based in Seoul. Kim covers inter-Korean and DPRK-related foreign, defense and humanitarian affairs, and has covered the 2022 ROK Presidential election on the ground. Prior to joining NK News, she worked for the CSIS Korea Chair in Washington D.C. and Reuters news agency's Seoul bureau. Follow her on Twitter @jeongminnkim

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