It was under the first Kim that North Korea began to build up its nuclear reactors. And it was under his leadership that the nation began the Korean War — surely a catalyst that led the leader to believe his nation needed nuclear weapons,Dr. Sung-Yoon Lee, the Kim Koo-Korea Foundatio...
between nuclear weapon nations; belief of North Korean government to build nuclear weapons to prevent foreign invasion and foreign support for an internal rebellion; and attempts to push North Korea towards denuclearization by purchasing North Korea's weapons and implementing sanctions on North Korea.doi...
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During a visit to the Nuclear Weapons Institute and the production base of weapon-grade nuclear materials, Kim expressed “great satisfaction repeatedly over the wonderful technical force of the nuclear power field” held by North Korea, the official Korean Central News Agency...
“North Korea is trying to deploy not only long-range nuclear missiles aimed at American cities but also tactical nuclear weapons to threaten Seoul and U.S. bases in Asia,” said Leif-Eric Easley, a professor at Ewha University in Seoul. “Pyongyang’s purposes likely exceed deterrence and ...
North Korea spurns pact on nuclear weapons.Announces that North Korea, on March 12, 1993, withdrew from a 1968 treaty intended to limit the spread of nuclear weapons after denying the United Nations' nuclear oversight agency the right to examine two sites suspected of being nuclear waste dumps....
By Hyonhee Shin and Daewoung Kim SEOUL/BUSAN, March 28 (Reuters) – North Korea unveiled new, smaller nuclear warheads and vowed to produce more weapons-grade nuclear material to expand its arsenal, state media said on...
Seoul —North Korea fired a salvo of short-range ballistic missiles early Tuesday, Seoul's military said. It was Pyongyang's second launch in days and it came just hours beforeAmericans were set to votefor a new president. The nuclear-armed North last weektest-firedwhat it said was its...
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North Korea has threatened to destroy Japan with nuclear weapons and “reduce the US mainland to ashes and darkness” in response to the countries’ effort to ramp up sanctions on the isolated east Asian nation. “The four islands of the [Japanese] archipelago should be sunken into the sea ...