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North Korea, Pete Hegseth and Nuclear Power

US Ally Reacts as Pete Hegseth Declares North Korea a 'Nuclear Power'

South Korea has rejected a characterization of North Korea as a "nuclear power" by President-elect Donald Trump's defense secretary nominee Pete Hegseth. Newsweek reached out to the North Korean embassy in China and Trump's team by email with requests for comment.

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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.

Korea Joongang Daily on MSN · 9h

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."

Yonhap News English on MSN · 16h

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 Korean Troops Blowing Themselves Up to Avoid Capture

The Economist · 2h

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 troops to fight in Vladimir Putin’s war against Ukraine. The soldiers are believed to be some of North Korea’s most elite,

Newsweek on MSN · 1d

North Korean Troops Blowing Themselves Up to Avoid Capture: Kyiv

Ukraine's Special Operations Forces said a North Korean soldier blew himself up with a grenade in Kursk, Russia.

The New York Times · 2d

Troops Captured by Ukraine Provide Rare Glimpse Into North Korea’s Military

Ukraine’s president released a video of the two soldiers being interrogated, revealing they knew little about the war they were sent to fight in.

North Korea launches missiles

Newsweek on MSN · 2h

US Stages Allied Bomber Drills After North Korea Fires Missiles

The United States and its Northeast Asian allies on Wednesday conducted an aerial drill involving two American bombers after North Korea fired a hypersonic missile last week. News

Reuters · 1d

North Korea fires short-range missiles ahead of Trump return

North Korea fired multiple short-range ballistic missiles off its east coast on Tuesday, South Korea's military said, marking Pyongyang's latest show of force just days ahead of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's return to office.

The Associated Press on MSN · 1d

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 of 2025

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Zelensky Shows Video of Captive North Korean Soldier: 'Unaware of Ukraine'

Zelensky said Ukrainian authorities were still talking with captured North Korean soldiers and "establishing the facts." "The ...

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Everything we know about North Korean soldiers captured by Ukraine

Ukraine has found “irrefutable evidence” of North Korea’s involvement in Russia’s war against his country, president ...

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Zelensky offers to release captured North Korean soldiers in exchange for Ukrainian soldiers held in Russia

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said he is willing to release North Korean soldiers captured by Ukraine in the ...

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Seoul’s spy agency says North Korean soldiers captured in Ukraine haven’t shown desire to defect

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he’s willing to hand over the soldiers to North Korea, if Kim Jong Un arranges ...

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Diary of a Dead North Korean Soldier Reveals Grisly Battlefield Tactics

The troops are exposed, green, loyal—and dying by the thousands in front-line combat against Ukraine.

Rubio Aims to Take on the Axis of Anger: China, Russia, North Korea and Iran

The loose arrangement of hostile powers could pose a series of conundrums for President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for ...

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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 ...

Yonhap News English on MSN1d

(2nd LD) Pentagon chief nominee calls N. Korea 'nuclear power,' calls for allies' increased 'burden sharing'

U.S. Defense Secretary nominee Pete Hegseth has described North Korea as a "nuclear power" that poses a threat to global ...

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