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For South Korea, 2023 was a rollercoaster year in terms of both diplomacy and national security.

South Korea and the US held another round of talks on nuclear deterrence in Washington D.C. on Friday, local time, as part of President Joe Biden’s commitment to step up protection from North Korea. According to a Seoul official, both sides plan to complete guidelines on joint nuclear defense strategy by the middle of next year -- a timeline that falls before the planned US presidential election. South Korea&rs...

WASHINGTON -- South Korea and the United States agreed Friday to complete the establishment of guidelines on the planning and operation of a shared nuclear strategy by the middle of next year, a Seoul official said, after the allies held key deterrence talks on countering growing North Korean threats. Seoul's Principal Deputy National Security Adviser Kim Tae-hyo made the remarks after he and Maher Bitar, the U....

(ATTN: UPDATES throughout; CHANGES photo)By Song Sang-ho WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 (Yonhap) --...

(ATTN: ADDS more details in 6th para)By Song Sang-ho WASHINGTON, Dec. 14 (Yonhap) -- A S...

A South Korean presidential security official on Thursday raised the possibility of North Korea launching an intercontinental ballistic missile this month as he arrived in Washington for a high-profile security meeting. Principal Deputy National Security Adviser Kim Tae-hyo made the remarks upon arrival here on the eve of the second meeting of the Nuclear Consultative Group, a South Korea-US security meeting designed...

The Presidential National Security Offices first deputy chief Kim Tae-hyo said Thursday North Korea might launch another intercontinental ballistic missile before the end of the year, as he arrived in Washington to attend a nuclear consultative group meeting Friday. "I think there is a possibility that North Korea would launch an ICBM in December," he told reporters at Dulles International Airport near Was...

A South Korean presidential security official on Thursday raised the possibility of North Korea launching an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) this month as he arrived in Washington for a high-profile security meeting.

Various surveys indicate Donald Trump will win the next U.S. presidential election. Polls conducted by major U.S. media outlets such as The New York Times and NBC News predict Trump’s victory over his likely archrival President Joe Biden. Trump is now enjoying more than majority support from Republicans as the most promising presidential candidate for the November election.

The South Korea-U.S. Nuclear Consultative Group (NCG) tasked with discussing nuclear and strategic planning between the allies will hold its second session in Washington this week, the presidential office said Tuesday.