CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand — Threatened by Pyongyang’s burgeoning stocks and varieties of ballistic missiles and rockets, South Korea is moving forward with a key class of interceptor weaponry. Defense ...

Pyongyang demands nuclear recognition and analysts say Kim Jong-un is waiting on a Ukraine peace deal to boost his leverage ...

Becoming a threshold state, rather than developing a nuclear deterrent outright or continuing to rely on the U.S. umbrella, may be the ROK’s best option. The debate over nuclear armaments in South ...

North Korea on Tuesday said South Korea's plan to build nuclear-powered submarines with U.S. approval would trigger a ...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visited one of the country's warships, saying the 5,000-ton destroyer should "punish the enemy's provocations", state media reported Monday. The Choe Hyon is one of two ...

The story is different with regard to its conventional arsenal. North Korea kick-started an ambitious modernisation programme ...

Kim Jong Un has warned that he wants North Korea to develop its "strategic deterrence" in the face of what he called the "ever-increasing threat" of America's nuclear arsenal. The message comes amid ...

Analysts assessed information from Kim’s own public appearances at nuclear enrichment facilities, as well as other state media reports and satellite images, to conclude that Pyongyang has enough ...

North Korea has increased its nuclear arsenal from 30 to 50 nuclear weapons over the past year, a study by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) estimated. "North Korea is ...

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said the country is now implementing a nuclear force construction policy to increase the number of nuclear weapons "exponentially", state media KCNA ...