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Leader Kim Jong-un visits a major shipyard in this photo carried by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency on March 8, [YONHAP]

North Korea lacks tech, infrastructure and supply chains to build nuclear submarines, say experts

North Korea recently revealed it was building a nuclear-powered submarine for the first time. However, experts believe Pyongyang faces overwhelming technical challenges that make its nuclear submarine ambitions nearly impossible.

2025.3.13

British Lt. General Andrew Harrison, right, who serves as the deputy commander of the United Nations Command, guides South Korean Defense Minister Lee Jong-sup through the Joint Security Area (JSA) on April 25. [DEFENSE MINISTRY]

UNC makes contact with North over U.S. soldier: Report

The United Nations Command (UNC) has made contact with the North Korean military regarding the U.S. Army private who dashed into the North at the Joint Security Area (JSA) last week, according to the London-based Sunday Times on Saturday.

2023.7.23

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The USS Kentucky, a U.S. nuclear-capable ballistic missile submarine, is docked at a naval base in Busan on Wednesday. [JOINT PRESS CORPS]

Pyongyang will face doom if it uses nukes, Seoul warns

North Korea would face an end if it decides to use its nuclear arms against the South-U.S. alliance, South Korea warned Friday. The warning comes a day after North Korea's Defense Minister Kang Sung-nam released a statement criticizing the...

2023.7.21

President Yoon Suk Yeol offers Korean and American troops words of encouragement as he visits the USS Kentucky, a U.S. nuclear-capable ballistic missile submarine (SSBN), docked in Busan on Wednesday. [JOINT PRESS CORPS]

Yoon warns North during historic tour of U.S. nuclear sub

South Korea and the United States will respond "overwhelmingly" and "resolutely" to North Korea's nuclear and missile threats, warned President Yoon Suk Yeol as he visited a U.S. nuclear-capable ballistic missile submarine.

2023.7.19

U.S. Department of Defense Press Secretary Brig. Gen. Patrick Ryder speaks during a daily press briefing at the Pentagon in Washington on Thursday. [SCREEN CAPTURE]

Ohio-class nuclear-powered submarine to visit Korea: Pentagon

An Ohio-class nuclear-powered ballistic submarine (SSBN) will visit Korea, a Pentagon spokesperson said Thursday, one day after the leaders of Korea and the United States announced plans to strengthen U.S. extended deterrence provided to Seoul.

2023.4.28

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North Korea lacks tech, infrastructure and supply chains to build nuclear submarines, say experts

UNC makes contact with North over U.S. soldier: Report

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Pyongyang will face doom if it uses nukes, Seoul warns

Yoon warns North during historic tour of U.S. nuclear sub

Ohio-class nuclear-powered submarine to visit Korea: Pentagon