The Latest Breaking News from Yoon Suk Yeol

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…

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

President Joe Biden said he isn’t currently discussing joint nuclear exercises with South Korea after that country’s president said his government wanted a more active role in managing atomic weapons on the Korean Peninsula.

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.

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.

Kim called for mass production of short-range nuclear missiles in a meeting with the country's ruling Workers’ Party.

North Korea fired three short-range ballistic missiles toward its eastern waters in its latest weapons display on Saturday.

Tensions rose earlier this week when South Korea accused North Korea of flying five drones across the border for the first time in five years and responded by sending its own drones toward the North.

South Korea staged large-scale military drills Thursday to simulate shooting down drones as a step to bolster its readiness against North Korean provocations, three days after the North flew drones into its territory for the first time in five years. South Korean warplanes and helicopters failed to bring down any…

South Korea has staged large-scale military drills to simulate shooting down North Korean drones

The South Korean government of President Yoon Suk Yeol is granting a special pardon to ex-President Lee Myung-bak, who was sentenced to a 17-year prison term for a range of corruption crimes