North Korea
North Korean parliament enshrines nuclear ambitions in constitution
Leader Kim Jong Un says the constitutional amendment will help North Korea hold a ‘definite edge’ in deterring threats.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/9/27/north-korean-parliament-enshrines-nuclear-ambitions-in-constitution
Kim Trump summit: North Korean leader talks up denuclearisation
North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un has told reporters that he would not be at a summit with US President Donald Trump if he were not ready to denuclearise.
The leaders are in Vietnam for talks on nuclear disarmament. They are under pressure to reach concrete measures after making little progress following a historic first summit last year.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-47395226?ocid=global_bbccom_email_28022019_top+news+stories
Tit-for-tat: North Korea's troublesome denuclearisation
US insisting on unilateral and complete denuclearisation, but North Korea demands 'simultaneous' action.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/09/north-korea-denuclearise-180920134546359.html
North Korea declares new UN sanctions are 'act of war'
Pyongyang threatens countries will pay a ‘heavy price’ for backing resolution to ban 90% of petroleum exports
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/dec/24/north-korea-declares-new-un-sanctions-an-act-of-war?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+main+NEW+H+categories&utm_term=257898&subid=21242529&CMP=EMCNEWEML6619I2
North Korea claims first successful launch of ICBM
North Korea on Tuesday claimed it successfully test-launched its first intercontinental ballistic missile, a potential game-changing development in what may be the world’s most dangerous nuclear standoff and, if true, a direct rebuke to U.S. President Donald Trump’s earlier declaration that such a test “won’t happen!”
In typically heated rhetoric, North Korea’s Academy of Defense Science said the test of an ICBM — the Hwasong-14 — marked the “final step” in creating a “confident and powerful nuclear state that can strike anywhere on Earth.”
Why North Korea is testing nuclear weapons
Pyongyang accuses Washington of plotting a 'decapitation strike', and sees in nuclear weapons a powerful deterrent.
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/05/north-korea-testing-nuclear-weapons-170504072226461.html
North Korea warns of nuclear 'sacred war' North Korea says it will use its "...
North Korea warns of nuclear 'sacred war'
North Korea says it will use its "nuclear deterrent" in response to joint US-South Korean military exercises this weekend.
Pyongyang was ready to launch a "retaliatory sacred war", the state-run Korean Central News Agency (KINA) said, quoting defence officials.
Washington and Seoul say the war games are to deter North Korean aggression.
"All these war manoeuvres are nothing but outright provocations aimed to stifle the Democratic People's Republic of Korea [North Korea] by force of arms," KCNA reported the powerful National Defence Commission as saying.
"The army and people of the DPRK will start a retaliatory sacred war of their own style based on nuclear deterrent any time necessary in order to counter the US imperialists and the South Korean puppet forces deliberately pushing the situation to the brink of a war."
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-10748148
North Korea 'trading nuclear technology' says UN panel A United Nations pan...
North Korea 'trading nuclear technology' says UN panel
A United Nations panel has accused North Korea of continuing to export nuclear and missile technology in defiance of a UN ban.
The experts said North Korea has used front companies and intermediaries to sell weapons and provide illegal assistance to Iran, Syria and Burma.