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."
Zelensky 'Ready' To Hand North Korean POWs To Pyongyang
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Sunday he was ready to hand over captured North Korean soldiers to Pyongyang in exchange for the return of Ukrainian POWs held in Russia.
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,
North Korea Fires Short-Range Missiles Ahead of Trump Return
SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korea fired multiple short-range ballistic missiles off its east coast on Tuesday, South Korea's ...
Russia Blows Up Its Own North Korea-Made SAM in Kursk 'Friendly Fire'
North Korea is reported to have supplied Russia with a range of equipment and troops for use in the ongoing conflict.
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North Korea Launches SRBMs Toward Its Eastern Waters, South Korea Says
Eight days after Pyongyang launched a hypersonic ballistic missile, it fired multiple short-range ballistic missiles into the ...
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South Korea, NATO urge North Korea, Russia to halt military cooperation
South Korea and NATO on Wednesday urged North Korea and Russia to halt their military cooperation. The demand came after ...
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 ...
A stick-figure drawing in a North Korean soldier's diary showed how Pyongyang's troops wanted to use each other as drone 'bait'
Ukraine said it retrieved a diary from a North Korean soldier that contains a confession of stealing from his Russian comrade ...