N. Korea says dialogue with US remains option for peace but suggests must serve Pyongyang's interests

Kim Yo-jong said Wednesday that dialogue with the United States remains an option for peace but must serve North Korea’s national interests. She said Washington’s continued hostile signals were prompting Pyongyang to reconsider the United States’ true nature. Her remarks followed U.S. allegations that North Korea was behind the theft of more than $6 billion in cryptocurrency from Binance.

Kim described the U.S. allegation about the Binance theft as a tip of the iceberg showing what she called the essence of U.S. hostile policy toward North Korea.

She cited a recent meeting of the top diplomats of South Korea, the United States and Japan, where they reaffirmed their commitment to North Korea’s complete denuclearization.

Kim also pointed to joint military drills as examples of what she characterized as U.S. hostility.

The FBI announced Saturday that it had found North Korea was behind the theft of more than $6 billion in cryptocurrency from Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange.

Published Nov 4, 2026 7:46 am KST

Kim Yo-jong, a sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, attends a wreath-laying ceremony at Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum in Hanoi, Vietnam, March 2, 2019. AP-Yonhap

North Korea said Wednesday that dialogue with the United States remains an option for peace but suggested it must serve the country's national interests, as it criticized U.S. allegations of the North's involvement in a major cryptocurrency theft from Binance.

Kim Yo-jong, the powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, made the remarks, saying the continued "hostile signal" by Washington was compelling the regime to reconsider the "true nature" of the U.S., according to the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).

"The choice for peace includes dialogue of course, but this is not surely equated with national interests for us," Kim Yo-jong was quoted as saying.

The remarks come as the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation announced Saturday that it found the regime was behind the theft of more than $6 billion in cryptocurrency from Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange.

"The so-called 'cryptocurrency hacking case by the DPRK' is no more than a tip of iceberg that shows the essence of the U.S. hostile policy toward the DPRK," Kim said, referring to the North's official name, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.

Kim pointed to a recent trilateral meeting between the top diplomats of South Korea, the U.S. and Japan, where they reaffirmed their commitment to the complete denuclearization of North Korea, along with various joint military drills, as other examples of U.S. hostility.

Her remarks were made a day after she blasted the FBI's attribution to the North in the Binance case as a "grave political provocation" against the North in a rare statement carried by the KCNA.

金与正周三表示，与美国对话仍然是实现和平的选项之一，但必须符合朝鲜的国家利益。她表示，华盛顿持续释放的敌对信号正促使平壤重新审视美国的真实面目。此前，美国指控朝鲜是币安超过60亿美元加密货币被盗事件的幕后黑手。

金女士将美国对币安盗窃案的指控描述为冰山一角，揭示了她所谓的美国对朝鲜敌对政策的本质。

她提到韩国、美国和日本高级外交官最近举行的一次会议，他们在会上重申了对朝鲜完全无核化的承诺。

金正恩还指出联合军事演习是她所说的美国敌对行为的例证。

美国联邦调查局周六宣布，他们发现朝鲜是全球最大的加密货币交易所币安（Binance）超过 60 亿美元加密货币被盗事件的幕后黑手。

发布于2026年11月4日 上午7:46（韩国标准时间）

2019年3月2日，朝鲜领导人金正恩的妹妹金与正出席在越南河内胡志明陵举行的敬献花圈仪式。（美联社-韩联社）

朝鲜周三表示，与美国对话仍然是实现和平的一种选择，但暗示对话必须符合朝鲜的国家利益。与此同时，朝鲜批评了美国关于朝鲜参与币安重大加密货币盗窃案的指控。

据朝中社报道，朝鲜领导人金正恩的妹妹金与正发表了上述言论，称华盛顿持续发出的“敌对信号”迫使朝鲜政权重新考虑美国的“真实性质”。

据报道，金与正表示：“和平的选择当然包括对话，但这并不一定等同于我们的国家利益。”

就在美国联邦调查局周六宣布，他们发现该政权是全球最大的加密货币交易所币安（Binance）超过 60 亿美元加密货币被盗案的幕后黑手之际，这些言论发表了。

金正恩说：“所谓‘朝鲜的加密货币黑客事件’只不过是冰山一角，它揭示了美国对朝鲜敌对政策的本质。”他指的是朝鲜的正式国名——朝鲜民主主义人民共和国。

金正恩指出，韩国、美国和日本高级外交官最近举行了三方会晤，重申了对朝鲜完全无核化的承诺，此外还举行了各种联合军事演习，这些都是美国敌对行为的例证。

在她发表上述言论的前一天，她罕见地发表声明，通过朝中社抨击美国联邦调查局将币安案归咎于朝鲜，称其为对朝鲜的“严重政治挑衅”。