“It will take all of us working together – government officials, and diplomats, academic experts, and scientists, activists, and organizers – to come up with new and innovative approaches to strengthen transparency and predictability, reduce risk, and forge the next generation of arms control agreements.”
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South Korea called for the United States to ease sanctions in return for a freeze on North Korea’s nuclear weapons program.
State-run media said North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspected the factory and reiterated the necessity of “implementing ambitious future plans designed to strengthen our state’s nuclear forces exponentially.”
President Trump said he has been in communication with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un but declined to provide any details about the exchange of messages.
As North Korea invests in new missile capabilities, the IAEA chief warned that Pyongyang’s expanding nuclear program could accelerate the production of nuclear warheads.
North Korea is ready for peace or war with the United States, leader Kim Jong Un says.
U.S. President Donald Trump said he hoped to meet with North Korea’s leader in the “not-too-distant future,” but a senior North Korean official said the Trump administration should not expect its pressure to yield results.
In each U.S. administration, author Joel Wit analyzes those officials who believed it was possible to find a diplomatic solution to the North Korean problem and those whose skepticism was unbound.
As the two sides advance their missile programs, talks to reduce Korean peninsula tensions seem unlikely.
Leader Kim Jong Un said he is open to talks if Washington drops its demand for denuclearization.
Pyongyong acted after criticizing Washington for conducting a drill that simulated a North Korean nuclear strike on the U.S. homeland.
Some of the disruption could lead to arms control talks with China or a nuclear agreement with North Korea but it could also drive South Korea or Japan to acquire nuclear weapons.
The president did not provide details regarding his approach to addressing the nuclear threat posed by Pyongyang.
Although abandoned in 2024, the Korean Comprehensive Military Agreement served as a significant arms control measure when it was in effect.
A top North Korean official threatened to escalate Pyongyong’s nuclear program after a U.S. aircraft carrier
visited South Korea.
The Trump administration reaffirmed the U.S. commitment to total North Korean denuclearization; Pyongyang said the goal is impossible.