Leader Kim Jong Un pledged to pursue "sustained countermeasures," citing security ties between the U.S. and its regional ...

The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency has expressed a tough view on the prospects of denuclearizing North Korea.

Rep. Park Jie-won proposed recognizing North Korea as a nuclear state, prompting criticism from the People Power Party. The Democratic Party distanced itself from Park, calling his views personal.

President Donald Trump’s second term has rekindled hopes for North Korea’s denuclearization, but the recent shift in his ...

North Korea on Tuesday vowed to expand its nuclear forces under Kim Jong Un and criticized the U.S. and its neighbors in Asia for pushing a denuclearization plan against the authoritarian regime.

On Jan. 20, the day of his inauguration, Trump described North Korea as a "nuclear power," as had his now Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth at his Senate confirmation hearing, raising questions about ...

WASHINGTON − President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to lead the Pentagon upset key U.S. ally South Korea Tuesday when he labeled North Korea a "nuclear power" in a statement submitted to a ...

It also argued the U.S. sees North Korea as an obstacle to its establishment of hegemony in the region and said nuclear states will not sit idly by, referring to itself. North Korea has been ...

Cho Tae-yul South Korea’s foreign minister on Wednesday dispelled concerns of US President Donald Trump recognizing North ...

Ohio-class guided-missile submarine "USS Michigan," part of the U.S.' nuclear triad, transits Apra Harbor at Naval Base Guam on November 2, 2024. James Caliva/U.S. Navy Asked whether North Korea's ...

Largely cut off from the world diplomatically and economically, and under a bevy of sanctions, North Korea's nuclear weapons program has been a major thorn in the side of the United States for years.