In both cases, it had just been hit with new U.N. sanctions after launching long-range rockets. North Korea says it has the right to build nuclear weapons to defend itself against the U.S.

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"As a responsible nuclear weapons state ... Peninsula since the beginning of the year, with North Korea firing what it claims is a new hypersonic missile as well as a salvo of short-range ...

A thousand feet beneath the desert, the United States conducts experiments to verify that its weapons work. But some fear a ...

The assembly also passed a law stipulating the conditions for using nuclear weapons. The United States and South Korea continue to closely monitor developments in North Korea’s nuclear program ...

North Korea famously threatened to reduce South Korea’s capital city to a “sea of fire.” Such a threat takes on new meaning when a country holds nuclear weapons. While South Korea and ...

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According to South Korean intelligence reports, North Korea is looking to send more troops to fight for Russia in Ukraine.