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Xi’s Pyongyang visit tests denuclearization hopes

As Xi Jinping visits North Korea, Pyongyang’s harder nuclear stance and deeper China-Russia ties raise fears denuclearization could give way to tacit acceptance.

2026.6.7

Sister of North Korean leader rejects assertions of U.S-China pursuit of denuclearization

Kim Yo-jong, the sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, said the country would never give up its status as a nuclear weapons state and rejected a U.S. assertion that Washington and Beijing had agreed to pursue its denuclearization.

2026.6.7

South highlights phased, flexible North denuclearization approach at UN NPT event

South Korea underscored a phased and flexible approach to North Korea's denuclearization at an event on Pyongyang's nuclear ambition and its challenges to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) regime.

2026.5.6

U.S. President Donald Trump oversees ″Operation Epic Fury″ activity against Iran from Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, on March 2, in this photo released by the White House on March 2. [AFP/YONHAP]

Trump's strikes on Iran offer North's Kim justification for going nuclear, snubbing talks: Experts

The U.S. strikes on Iran at the behest of U.S. President Donald Trump leave North Korean leader Kim Jong-un with little incentive to meet, according to experts, with Pyongyang well ahead of Tehran on nuclearization, a stated reason for the attacks.

2026.3.3

Jeong Yeon-doo, the vice minister for diplomatic strategy and intelligence, right, attends a meeting at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs building in central Seoul on Dec. 16, 2025. [NEWS1]

South's nuclear envoy urges North to comply with UNSC resolutions, return to dialogue

South Korea's nuclear envoy has called on North Korea to comply with United Nations Security Council (UNSC) resolutions on the North's nuclear and missile programs and return to the dialogue table, Seoul's Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday.

2026.2.24

President Lee Jae Myung speaks during a New Year’s press conference at the Blue House's Yeongbingwan state guest house in central Seoul on Jan. 21 attended by some 160 Korean and foreign journalists. [JOINT PRESS CORPS]

North Korea's denuclearization 'ideal' but unrealistic for now, Lee says in presser

President Lee Jae Myung stressed in a New Year's press conference on Wednesday that while North Korea's denuclearization would be "ideal," it is more realistic to try to negotiate a nuclear freeze to halt its rapidly growing weapons program.

2026.1.21

President Lee Jae Myung speaks during an event to mark the launch of the 22nd presidential Peaceful Unification Advisory Council at the Kintex convention center in Goyang, Gyeonggi, on Dec. 2. [YONHAP]

President Lee lays out plan for ‘nuclear free’ Korean Peninsula. But will Pyongyang buy it?

South Korea's President Lee Jae Myung proposed a new approach to North Korea, emphasizing a 'nuclear-free Korean Peninsula' instead of 'denuclearization,' aiming to foster dialogue amid skepticism about Pyongyang's willingness to engage.

2025.12.4

Former U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks during a forum hosted by D&A LLC, a South Korean law firm, in Fairfax County, Virginia, on Nov. 17. [YONHAP]

Pompeo says North Korea's denuclearization will only happen with Xi's 'permission,' no carrots to convince it

Former U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Monday that North Korea's denuclearization will happen only with Chinese President Xi Jinping's "permission" and "direction."

2025.11.18

Choe Son-hui, Foreign Minister of North Korea, attends a meeting with her Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov at the Reception House of the Foreign Ministry, on Oct. 27. [TASS/YONHAP]

North Korean foreign minister condemns G7's statement on denuclearization

North Korean Foreign Minister Choe Son-hui condemned a joint statement issued by the foreign ministers of the Group of Seven (G7) reaffirming the principle of the North’s complete denuclearization.

2025.11.14

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, left, and Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand stand in the foreground ahead of a family photo during the G7 Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Canada on Nov. 12. [AP/YONHAP]

G7 top diplomats reaffirm commitment to 'complete' denuclearization of North Korea

The top diplomats of the Group of Seven (G7) countries Wednesday reaffirmed their commitment to the "complete" denuclearization of North Korea and denounced the recalcitrant regime's advancing nuclear and ballistic missile programs.

2025.11.13

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