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As speculation mounted in early October about the winner of the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize, South Koreans began sharing a false claim that a top Nobel official had tipped President Yoon Suk Yeol as a "leading contender" during a seminar in the United States. But footage of the event shows Norwegian Nobel Committee vice-chair Asle Toje made no mention of Yoon, and the committee's secretariat has told AFP it never divulges the names of nominees.

Discussions regarding the need for dialogue to address North Korea's nuclear quandary in the United States have dwindled, South Korea's top envoy in Washington said Sunday, indicating growing skepticism over the prospects of long-stalled nuclear diplomacy with the recalcitrant regime. Ambassador Cho Hyun-dong made the remarks during a parliamentary audit as the North stipulated a policy to beef up its nucle...

Discussions regarding the need for dialogue to address North Korea's nuclear quandary in the United States have dwindled, South Korea's top envoy in Washington said Sunday, indicating growing skepticism over the prospects of long-stalled nuclear diplomacy with the recalcitrant regime.

Several years ago, I was talking with a high-ranking Russian government official. I reminded him that North Korea’s justification for developing nuclear weapons was the “security threat” it has from the U.S. I asked him if there was any chance that Russia may revive the security alliance with North Korea that expired in 1996. The official replied that Russia would not enter into such a relationship with the worst dictatorship in the whole world.

North Korea threatened Friday to stage the "most powerful and rapid first strike" against US strategic assets deployed to the Korean Peninsula, in the latest bellicose rhetoric that underscored Pyongyang's concerns about US military capabilities in the region. The nuclear-powered USS Ronald Reagan aircraft carrier docked at the southeastern port of Busan on Thursday for a five-day visit -- the first si...