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A Quiet Arms Race Is Rapidly Heating Up Between the Two Koreas The buildup over the last few years has threatened the delicate balance of peace on the Korean Peninsula. South Korea’s Hyunmoo-2 missile launch at an undisclosed location in 2017.Credit...South Korea Defense Ministry, via Associated Press April 19, 2021, 3:00 a.m. ET SEOUL — Pride and jealousy have driven North and South Korea to engage in propaganda shouting matches and compete over who could build a taller flagpole on their border. Now that one-upmanship is intensifying a much more dangerous side of their rivalry: the arms ...

Between 1949 and 1990, a total of 456 atomic and thermonuclear devices were exploded at the Semipalatinsk Test Site (STS). Many of the earliest tests were conducted on the surface and in the atmosphere, which spread radioactive fallout across Central Asia. Additionally, five surface tests were unsuccessful and resulted in the wide dispersion of plutonium into the environment.

​Kim Jong-un Uses Party ​Congress to Double Down on Nuclear Program The North Korean leader said his economic policies had failed, but he called his nuclear arms buildup one of the great feats “in the history of the Korean nation​.” North Korean state media released this photo of Kim Jong-un and other officials, said to have been taken on Tuesday, the last day of the Workers' Party congress.Credit...Korean Central News Agency, via Agence France-Presse — Getty Images Published Jan. 13, 2021Updated Jan. 15, 2021 SEOUL, South Korea — As North Korea’s leade...

The North Korean leader said his economic policies had failed, but he called his nuclear arms buildup one of the great feats “in the history of the Korean nation​.”

But as he pledged to advance the country’s weaponry, the North Korean leader also said he did “not rule out diplomacy.”