North Korea, Pete Hegseth

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
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 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 ...
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What North Korea gains by sending troops to fight for Russia
These days Russia and North Korea are writing a new battlefield history together. North Korea has dispatched some 12,000 ...
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 launches short-range ballistic missiles ahead of Trump's return to White House
North Korea fired several short-range ballistic missiles into the East Sea on Tuesday, Seoul's military said, in a ...
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North Korea says it tested hypersonic intermediate range missile aimed at remote Pacific targets
North Korea since 2021 has been testing various hypersonic weapons designed to fly at more than five times the speed of sound. The speed and maneuverability of such weapons aim to withstand ...
North Korea tests hypersonic missile designed to hit Pacific targets
Vice President Kamala Harris presided over the proceedings that confirmed Donald Trump won the 2024 election. Follow live ...
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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 ...
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North Korea carries out first missile launch test since Trump’s election
North Korea test fired a ballistic missile for the first time since President-elect Trump secured re-election on Monday. North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un’s regime last launched a missile test ...