North Korea’s recent release of two unusually rapid-fire statements by Kim Yo-jong, the powerful sister of leader Kim Jong-un, underscores Pyongyang’s heightened sensitivity to external diplomatic pressure and security threats, analysts said Wednesday, as the regime moves to further entrench its hardline posture ahead of key political events. Late Tuesday, Kim Yo-jong dismissed prospects for improving inter-Korean relations, rejecting Seoul’s assessment that her earlier remarks on an alleged drone infiltration incident left room for dialogue. Calling such expectations a “daydream,” she said in an English-language statement carried by the Korean Central News Agency that “the present address of the DPRK-ROK […]... Keep on reading: Kim Yo-jong’s back-to-back statements signal N. Korea's external unease