More than 40 percent of experts predict South Korea will go nuclear within a decade, survey finds

More than 40 percent of strategists and foresight practitioners predicted that South Korea will have nuclear weapons within the next decade, a think tank survey says, while a quarter of them expected North Korea to use nuclear arms within 10 years.

2025-02-13

Bracing for the North’s ‘gray zone’ tactics

South Korea faces the dilemma of how to counter nuclear weapons without having them.

2024-09-25

South Koreans prefer own nuclear deterrent over U.S. troops: Survey

The survey, conducted by the Korea Institute of National Unification, found that 44.6 percent of respondents said they would choose development and possession of an independent nuclear arsenal over keeping the U.S. military presence in South Korea.

2024-06-27

Moon memoir stirs the pot with accounts of North's Kim, Trump, Abe

Former President Moon Jae-in stirred controversy on Friday when he released his memoir, breaking his longtime silence regarding his administration's foreign and defense policy.

2024-05-19

Putin says North Korea has its own 'nuclear umbrella'

Russian President Vladimir Putin said in a media interview Wednesday that North Korea possesses its own nuclear umbrella and hasn’t made any requests to Moscow regarding nuclear weapons.

2024-03-13

Yoon says first lady’s receiving of a luxury handbag is ‘regrettable,’ stops short of apology

President Yoon Suk Yeol said that it is "regrettable" that first lady Kim Keon Hee was not able to fend off the situation that led to her allegations of receiving a luxury handbag from a pastor in his first public remarks about the incident.

2024-02-08

Nuclear weapons cannot solve anything (KOR)

The two countries have nuclear weapons, but they have become richer not thanks to their nuclear arsenal but because of reforms to comply with the international order.

2024-01-02

Nuclear weapons cannot solve anything

The two countries have nuclear weapons, but they have become richer not thanks to their nuclear arsenal but because of reforms to comply with the international order.

2024-01-01

Conventional capabilities, nuclear ambiguity key to U.S. extended deterrence, say experts

Nuclear policy experts speaking at a Thursday afternoon roundtable emphasized that South Korea's conventional capabilities and U.S. ambiguity regarding nuclear weapons use form the core of Washington’s extended deterrence commitment to Seoul.

2023-12-07

Actions speak louder than words (KOR)

Would Uncle Sam rush to defend its ally when New York is under a nuclear attack? We hope the latest revision proves effective in defending South Korea.

2023-11-14

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