Crucially, Carter came up with a deal where North Korea would stop its nuclear activity, allow IAEA inspectors back into its reactors, and eventually dismantle Yongbyon's facilities. In return, the US ...

Two North Koreans who once operated in the heart of its regime, bring firsthand insight into the Kim family’s rule and the ...

Kim visited the nuclear material production base and the Nuclear Weapons Institute, according to state media. View on ...

Analysts say North Korea is speeding up its efforts to lay the groundwork for stockpiling nuclear bomb materials through the refurbishment of its Yongbyon nuclear facility. 38 North, a U.S. media ...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has called for the bolstering of the country's nuclear forces this year during a tour of a ...

The reported restart of the Yongbyon nuclear reactor is likely a bid for attention at a time when the United States is more focused on China’s rise. In January, Kim vowed to enlarge the North ...

The 38 North website, which specializes in North Korea studies, cited the imagery as indicating that a coal-fired steam plant at the North’s Yongbyon nuclear complex is in operation after about ...

So what's actually going on? Here's what has been reported across US media: North Korea's only official nuclear enrichment site at Yongbyon is being upgraded. The country is stepping up enrichment ...

The annual report by the International Atomic Energy Agency refers to a 5-megawatt reactor at the North’s main nuclear complex in Yongbyon, north of Pyongyang. The reactor produces plutonium ...

There has been ample reporting showing that the Trump administration knew that the North Koreans wanted large-scale sanctions relief in exchange for the closure of much of the Yongbyon nuclear ...

Tensions soared after US suspicions rose over the nuclear plant at Yongbyon, seen here in 2008 In early 1994, tensions were running high between Washington and Pyongyang, as officials tried to ...

That visit marked North Korea’s first public disclosure of a uranium enrichment facility since 2010, when Pyongyang revealed the site to visiting American scholars at its main Yongbyon nuclear ...