The North Korean leader’s sister Kim Yo Jong has demanded that a South Korean presidential adviser “stop rambling and shut his mouth” after he criticized Pyongyang’s plan to restart border loudspeaker broadcasts, declaring they will be operational “within a few days.”

In a statement carried by the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), Kim responded to social media remarks by ruling Democratic Party (DP) lawmaker Kim Byung-joo, who serves as the Blue House special adviser for defense policy. 

The South Korean official had accused Kim Yo Jong of “shameless and thick-skinned attempt to shift the blame,” after she visited the inter-Korean