North Korea Nuclear Weapons

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  What World's Nuclear Watchdog Does And What Its Dismissal Would Mean

  The International Atomic Energy Agency ensures that countries operate their programs within the limits of non-proliferation agreements. Part of the agreement allows the IAEA to inspect nuclear-related sites, including unannounced surprise visits.

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  "Daydream": Kim Jong Un's Sister Slams Denuclearization Efforts

  Kim Jong Un's powerful sister slammed US-led efforts to take away North Korea's nuclear weapons, saying the idea of denuclearising the country was a "daydream".

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  North Korea Says Its Status As A Nuclear Weapons State Can Never Be Reversed

  The comments, which state news agency KCNA said were issued on Tuesday, were likely a response to a joint statement by the foreign ministers of South Korea, Japan and the United States made on the sidelines of a NATO meeting last week.

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  Satellite Images Suggest North Korea Expanding Missile Plant: Researchers

  North Korea is expanding a key weapons manufacturing complex that assembles a type of short-range missile used by Russia in Ukraine, researchers at a US-based think tank have concluded, based on satellite images.

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  North Korea Hasn't Perfected ICBM Warheads, US Admiral Says

  Under leader Kim Jong Un, North Korea has accelerated its development of missiles and nuclear weapons, and ratcheted up aggressive rhetoric against South Korea.

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  North Korea's Kim Jong Un Threatens Use Of Nuclear Weapons If Attacked

  North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un said his forces would use nuclear weapons "without hesitation" if Pyongyang's territory was attacked by the South and its ally the United States, state media reported on Friday.

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  North Korea Publicly Discloses Uranium Enrichment Facility For 1st Time

  North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has called for increasing the number of centrifuges for uranium enrichment in order to increase its nuclear weapons for self-defence, the state media said on Friday.

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  Kim Jong Un Says North Korea To Increase Number Of Nuclear Weapons

  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 said on Tuesday.

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  Kim Jong Un Deploys 250 Ballistic Missiles On North Korea's South Border

  The olive green mobile launchers were displayed during a special "transferring" ceremony in the capital Pyongyang on Sunday, the official Korean Central News Agency reported. The missile launchers were an "up-to-date tactical attack weapon" said Kim.

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  North Korean Hackers Trying To Steal Military Secrets, Say US, Allies

  North Korean hackers have conducted a global cyber espionage campaign to try to steal classified military secrets to support Pyongyang's banned nuclear weapons programme, the United States, Britain and South Korea said in a joint advisory on Thursday

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  Explained: India Has More Nukes Than Pak, But China Races Ahead

  In 2023, the global nuclear landscape was characterised by significant developments among the nine nuclear-armed states: the United States, Russia, the United Kingdom, France, China, India, Pakistan, North Korea, and Israel.

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  North Korea, China, Russia Expanding Nuclear Weapons At Breakneck Pace: US

  North Korea, China and Russia are expanding and diversifying their nuclear weapons stockpiles at a "breakneck" speed, a White House official has said.

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  Explained: North Korea's Unusual Criticism Of China's Nuclear Stance

  North Korea's rare swipe at China this week underscored how Beijing and Pyongyang do not entirely see eye-to-eye on the latter's illicit nuclear weapons arsenal, despite warming ties in other areas, analysts and officials in South Korea said.

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  Explained: What Russia's Veto On North Korea's Sanctions Monitoring Mean

  For years, North Korea has been under a sprawling, complex network of UN sanctions over its banned nuclear and ballistic missile weapons programmes, with violations carefully tracked and monitored by experts.

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  Kim Jong Un Oversees Missile Tests As North Korea Boosts Maritime Security

  North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw the test firing of a "new-type surface-to-sea missile", state media reported Thursday, part of a purported fresh drive to ramp up maritime border security.