SEOUL, Dec. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea will continue to escalate its nuclear threats against the United States and South Korea next year while seeking to improve its capabilities to strike back with a nuclear weapon if it comes under a nuclear attack, experts said Wednesday. Jun Bong-geun, a professor emeritus at the state-run [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Over 6 out of 10 South Korean university students think that a resolution of the North Korean nuclear issue is necessary to achieve the reunification of the two Koreas, a survey showed Tuesday. In the survey conducted by Seoul’s foreign ministry, Chung-Ang University and the Hyundai Research Institute on [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — A pro-North Korean newspaper said Thursday that Pyongyang’s status as a nuclear state has become “irreversible” with the recent stipulation of a nuclear force-building policy in its constitution. In a key parliamentary meeting attended by leader Kim Jong-un last week, the North stipulated the policy of strengthening its nuclear [...]
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 [...]