North Korea, Pete Hegseth and Nuclear Power

US Ally Reacts as Pete Hegseth Declares North Korea a 'Nuclear Power'
John Kirby, White House national security communications adviser, said of Hegseth's remarks on North Korea's status as a nuclear power: "We've not made such a recognition. I can't speak to what the incoming team will—how they'll characterize it. We've not gone so far as to make that recognition."
South Korea slams Hegseth over North Korea 'nuclear power' comments
Trump defense secretary nominee Pete Hesgeth ruffled feathers in S. Korea with his written statement to the Senate panel overseeing his confirmation
North Korea tests 'several' missiles, South Korean military says
North Korea launched "several short-range ballistic missiles," that landed in the Sea of Japan Tuesday morning local time, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said.
South Korea rejects Trump nominee Hegseth’s ‘nuclear power’ label for North Korea
Seoul says North Korea ‘can never be recognised as a nuclear-armed state’ under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
South Korea says North not a 'nuclear power' following Hegseth's confirmation hearing remarks
Seoul stressed Wednesday that Pyongyang cannot hold nuclear state status, rejecting U.S. defense secretary nominee Pete Hegseth's reference to the North as a "nuclear power."
S. Korea says N. Korea can never be recognized as nuclear power after Trump nominee refers to Pyongyang as one
North Korea cannot be recognized as a nuclear-armed state under the international nonproliferation treaty, and its denuclearization is a principle shared by all parties involved, including South Korea and the United States,
Spies, protests and Fukushima: inside North Korea’s plot to sow South Korea-Japan discord
Newly uncovered court documents have revealed how North Korean spies exploited South Korean outage over Japan's nuclear waste ...
North Korea says it tested hypersonic intermediate range missile aimed at remote Pacific targets
North Korea says its latest weapons test was a new hypersonic intermediate-range missile designed to strike targets in the ...
North Korea fired hypersonic missile in message to 'rivals,' Kim Jong Un says
North Korea's state-run Korean Central News Agency claimed a successful test of a new type of intermediate-range hypersonic ...
North Korea conducts second missile test in 2 days as Blinken visits region — this one was hypersonic, Pyongyang claims
North Korea says it carried out its second missile test in two days — and this one was hypersonic. It came as U.S. Secretary ...
North Korea tests hypersonic missile designed to hit Pacific targets
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North Korea launches projectile into the Sea of Japan
According to the South Korean military, North Korea launched a projectile into the Sea of Japan. The type and range of ...
North Korea launches missiles toward eastern waters in 2nd launch of year, South says
South Korea’s military says North Korea has test-fired multiple missiles toward its eastern waters in its second launch event ...
Ukraine Captures First North Korean Soldiers Alive
Two North Korean soldiers have been captured by Ukraine during Kyiv's incursion into Russia's Kursk region, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said.