The White House has dismissed North Korea’s latest threats and Kim Yo Jong’s demand to accept its nuclear status, reaffirming President Donald Trump’s commitment to a “fully denuclearized” Korean Peninsula. Responding to Kim’s warning that denuclearization talks are a “mockery,” a White House official called the rhetoric “provocative and unhelpful,” emphasizing that Trump remains open to dialogue but will not recognize North Korea as a nuclear power. Kim Yo Jong, sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, declared on July 30 via state media that the U.S. must accept North Korea’s nuclear arsenal as a “new reality,” dismissing further denuclearization talks. Her statement referenced Trump’s past “not bad” relationship with Kim but warned that pushing for denuclearization would render...