SEOUL, Oct. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — The defense ministry warned Wednesday that North Korea will face the “end of its regime” if it attempts to use nuclear weapons, after Pyongyang recently amended its constitution to enshrine its nuclear policy. The ministry issued the warning after the North convened a key parliamentary meeting last week, with [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 30 (Korea Bizwire) – Seven out of 10 South Koreans see the need for Seoul to independently pursue its own nuclear weapons development program, a survey showed Monday, amid concerns over escalating military threats from Pyongyang and a lack of trust in denuclearization negotiations with North Korea. According to the Gallup Korea poll [...]
WASHINGTON, Oct. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — There is little or no military benefit that can be served by deploying U.S. nuclear weapons to South Korea, U.S. experts said Thursday, insisting such a move would only lead to further escalation with nuclear-armed North Korea. They also argued stationing nuclear-armed submarines in waters near South Korea too may [...]
WASHINGTON, June 14 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea spent over US$640 million in 2021 to further its nuclear ambition, a global nonproliferation organization said Tuesday. The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) also said the North is estimated to have 20 assembled nuclear weapons in its annual report, titled, “Squandered: 2021 Global Nuclear Weapons Spending.” [...]
WASHINGTON, Feb. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — More than half of South Koreans support the acquisition of nuclear weapons either through indigenous development or the deployment of U.S. assets, a survey showed Tuesday. When asked to choose between the two options, an overwhelming majority of those surveyed favored South Korea developing its own weapons, according to [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — The vast majority of South Koreans believe that North Korea is unlikely to ever agree to surrender its nuclear weapons. According to a survey conducted by the Institute for Peace and Unification Studies at Seoul National University of 1,200 South Korean adults aged between 19 and 65, 89.5 percent [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean President Moon Jae-in ruled out the possibility of redeploying U.S. nuclear weapons in the country Thursday, CNN reported. In an interview with the U.S. cable news channel, he warned it could lead to a nuclear arms race in Northeast Asia. “I do not agree that South Korea [...]
SEOUL, May 9 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea said Sunday that North Korea’s offer for inter-Korean dialogue is merely a propaganda ploy that lacks sincerity, calling on Pyongyang to give up its nuclear weapons program. North Korean leader Kim Jong-un proposed holding military talks between the two Koreas in a bid to ease tensions along [...]
TEHRAN, May 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Iranian President Hassan Rouhani suggested Monday that his country is opposed to North Korea’s nuclear weapons program. “We want changes on the Korean Peninsula and we are, in principle, opposed to any nuclear development,” Rouhani said in a joint news conference with South Korean President Park Geun-hye after their [...]
WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – North Korea appears to have conducted a secret nuclear test in 2010 and the explosion could have gone unnoticed by the outside world, scientists have claimed, adding to a series of similar allegations. Researchers Michael Schoeppner of Princeton University and Ulrich Kuhn of the University of Hamburg made the [...]