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Why South Korea’s President Is Talking About Nuclear Weapons

Yoon could be using the issue to send a tough message to North Korea, but it could be counterproductive, analysts say.

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Russia launches high-speed Poseidon apocalypse underwater drones amid nuclear threat

It comes as Vladimir Putin suck up and pro-war fanatic Lt-Gen Andrey Gurulev told hosts on state-run Russia's Rossiya 1 TV channel that Britain could be "demolished from the face of the earth" for supporting Ukraine without resorting to nuclear weapons

Daily Mirror

What's next for the anti-Nato left after Ukraine?

When Russian troops invaded Ukraine in February 2022, much of the political left across the western world were faced with a dilemma. Unlike in 2003 – when US oil interests seemed to explain the invasion of Iraq all too neatly – this time it was much more difficult to put…

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Independent Scotland can follow Swedish plan to get rid of Trident, say SNP

AN independent Scotland would follow in the footsteps of Sweden by joining Nato while rejecting being a permanent site for nuclear weapons, the SNP…

The National (Scotland)

DOJ probes Biden document handling – what is classified information, anyway?

The U.S. Department of Justice is reviewing the discovery of classified documents found in an office no longer used by President Joe Biden at a think tank in Washington, D.C.

The Conversation

North Korea: record number of missile tests in 2022 has raised fears of nuclear confrontation with the South

North Korea began 2023 as it had ended 2022 – with some characteristic sabre-rattling in the form of missile tests. Having launched more missiles in 2022 than in any other year, on the morning of January 1 this year, North Korea tested a large new multiple launch rocket system that,…

The Conversation

South Korea: Talks with US on Management of Nukes Underway

South Korea reconfirmed Tuesday that Seoul and Washington are discussing its involvement in US nuclear asset management in the face of intensifying North Korean nuclear threats, after President Joe Biden denied that the allies were discussing joint nuclear exercises. The purported difference came after North Korean leader Kim Jong Un…

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South Korea: Talks with US on management of nukes underway

South Korea has reconfirmed that Seoul and Washington are discussing discussing South Korea being involved in U.S. nuclear asset management to cope with intensifying North Korean nuclear threats

The Independent UK

US in talks with Seoul on deterring North Korea from using nukes

The U.S. is in discussions with South Korea on ways to deter Kim Jong Un’s regime from using nuclear weapons, according to a spokesperson for the National Security Council.

Tribune News Service

South Korea asks US for greater role in managing nuclear weapons

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol said his government is in talks with the U.S. on taking a more active role in managing nuclear weapons on the Korean Peninsula, which would mark a significant shift in a decades-old policy among American allies to deter North Korea.

Tribune News Service

North Korea's Kim orders 'exponential' expansion of nuclear arsenal

Some experts say Kim Jong Un's push to make more nukes and new weapons systems reflects his hopes to solidify future negotiating power as he heads into prolonged tensions with the U.S. and its allies.

WEKU

Kim Jong Un orders 'exponential' expansion of North Korea’s nuclear arsenal

Announcement came after he entered 2023 with another weapons firing following a record number of testing activities last year

Wales Online

Kim Calls for Increase of NKorea's Nuclear Arsenal

Kim Jong Un has called for an "exponential" increase in North Korea's nuclear arsenal, including mass producing tactical nuclear weapons and developing new missiles for nuclear counterstrikes, state media said Sunday. In a report at the end of a key party meeting in Pyongyang, Kim said the country must "overwhelmingly…

Asharq Al-Awsat

NKorea's Kim orders 'exponential' expansion of nuke arsenal

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has vowed to increase production of the country's nuclear warheads “exponentially.”

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Israeli Prime Minister Threatens Iran With Attack If It Develops Nuclear Weapons

Outgoing P.M. Yair Lapid reiterated on Israel's "wall-to-wall" commitment to preventing Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons

Tribune News Service

Kim Jong Un to ring in new year with missiles and nuclear threats

Kim Jong Un in 2022 fired off missiles at a record pace, lowered the threshold for using nuclear weapons and thumbed his nose at global sanctions. He’s likely to turn up the heat even more in the coming year.

Reuters

North Korea's weapons programme defies COVID outbreak, reaches 'uncharted territory'

North Korea forged ahead with its missile programme in 2022 and took steps toward resuming testing of nuclear bombs, as world events including the COVID pandemic and war fractured the already tenuous international pressure against it.

Foreign Affairs

Don’t Isolate North Korea

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PM Modi's Views On Nuclear Weapons Impacted Russia Amid Ukraine War: CIA Chief

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's views on the use of nuclear weapons had an impact on the Russians and could well have averted a global disaster in the context of the Ukraine war. Read on for details:

Inverse

How Cold War secrecy helped fuel the latest fusion energy breakthrough

The NIF is a relic of Cold War nuclear tests and paranoia.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Congress to Establish Task Force to Monitor Iran's Nuclear Program

The US Congress approved the inclusion of provisions from the Iran Nuclear Weapons Capability Monitoring Act of 2022, with bipartisan support to establish a State Department-led joint task force to monitor and regularly provide reports to Congress regarding Iran's nuclear weapons and missile capabilities, in the National Defense Authorization Act…

Daily Mirror

Russia could help Iran build nuclear weapons if it joins forces in failing Ukraine war

A former FBI terrorism expert has said Iranian leaders may seek additional help from Vladimir Putin's Russia to boost their secret nuclear weapons programme

France 24

NATO's Stoltenberg: 'Likelihood of use of nuclear weapons in Ukraine remains low'

In an interview with FRANCE 24 from Brussels, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg warned that any use of nuclear weapons in Ukraine would have "severe, dramatic consequences for Russia", calling Russian President Vladimir Putin's nuclear rhetoric "reckless and dangerous". However, the NATO chief said he believes "the likelihood of any…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Saudi FM: Nuclear Iran Will Force Regional Countries to Ensure their Security

Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah said on Sunday that Iran’s development of nuclear weapons would force regional countries to seek to ensure their own security. "If Iran gets an operational nuclear weapon, all bets are off," Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud said in an on-stage…

Daily Mirror

Putin warns any country threatening Russia will be ‘wiped off face of the Earth’

Russian President Vladimir Putin said the Kremlin could adopt a similar policy to the US pre-emptive strategy, which could lay any country to waste within 60 minutes

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