Nuclear weapons

US, South Korea hold nuclear deterrence talks as North Korea expands arms push

FILE PHOTO: A satellite image shows a nuclear material production factory, in Yongbyon, North Korea, May 17, 2026. 2026 Planet Labs PBC/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. MANDATORY CREDIT. VERIFICATION: - Coordinates of the facility: 39.785209, 125.759145. - Surrounding areas of the facilities were seen paved starting from May 2025. - Analyst confirmed with Reuters that the location for the Yongbyon plant was most likely where Kim Jong Un had visited recently./File Photo

IAEA board passes resolution demanding Iran report uranium stocks

Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Raffael Grossi speaking to the media on the opening day of his agency’s quarterly Board of Governors meeting in Vienna on June 8.

China reasserts itself to contain North Korea’s tilt towards Russia

Chinese President Xi Jinping (left) and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (right) watching a performance at the Pyongyang Indoor Stadium on June 8.

Nuclear weapons spending hits record high amid new ‘arms race’: Studies

The 19 per cent increase from 2024 produced the highest expenditure on nuclear weapons since the campaign group began tracking the annual nuclear arms expenditure of the US, Russia, China, France, Britain, India, Pakistan, North Korea and Israel in 2020.

UN nuclear watchdog calls on Iran to ‘re-engage’ as West pressures it with resolution

Why North Korea isn’t coming back to the table just yet

North Korea’s isolation since the end of the Korean war in 1953 has been a combination of choice and circumstance.

US draft resolution at IAEA demands Iran open up on sites, uranium stocks

The US draft demands that Iran tell the IAEA what happened to its bombed nuclear sites and the enriched uranium stored there.

North Korea nuclear arms programme ‘absolutely non-negotiable’: Kim Jong Un’s sister

Early this week, North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un called for an “exponential” expansion of the country’s atomic arsenal.

Iran denounces ‘political pressure’ from UN nuclear watchdog

Satellite imagery taken on Jan 30 showing a new roof over a previously destroyed building at Iran's Natanz nuclear site.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visits naval vessel: Report

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his daughter Kim Ju Ae on the naval vessel Kang Kon to supervise its navigation test in this photo released by the Korean Central News Agency on June 6, 2026.

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