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Korean Peninsula arms race
![Russia-North Korea Treaty Marks a Return to Normalcy Russia-North Korea Treaty Marks a Return to Normalcy](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2024-06-20-133852.jpg)
Russia-North Korea Treaty Marks a Return to Normalcy
By Dan Gudgeon
We are witnessing a steady return to a web of relations previously regarded as normal after a recent, somewhat exceptional 30-year period.
![Preventing a Worst-Case Scenario on the Korean Peninsula Preventing a Worst-Case Scenario on the Korean Peninsula](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2021-05-04-6.jpg)
Preventing a Worst-Case Scenario on the Korean Peninsula
By James Park
Pyongyang’s increased hostility and Seoul’s unyielding posture have set the stage for 2024 to be a dangerous year.
![North Korea’s Nuclear Buildup Means Mutually Assured Destruction, Not Coercion North Korea’s Nuclear Buildup Means Mutually Assured Destruction, Not Coercion](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2023-07-13-134214.jpg)
North Korea’s Nuclear Buildup Means Mutually Assured Destruction, Not Coercion
By Denny Roy
North Koreans have reasons to believe a large and highly survivable nuclear arsenal is necessary to deter the United States from attacking their country.
![Thousands of North Koreans March in Anti-US Rallies as Country Marks Korean War Anniversary Thousands of North Koreans March in Anti-US Rallies as Country Marks Korean War Anniversary](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2023-06-26-162434.jpg)
Thousands of North Koreans March in Anti-US Rallies as Country Marks Korean War Anniversary
By Kim Tong-hyung
More than 120,000 North Koreans marched in mass rallies over the weekend, pledging “merciless” revenge against “U.S. imperialists.”
![North Korea Calls South Korean President a ‘Puppet Traitor’ North Korea Calls South Korean President a ‘Puppet Traitor’](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2023-04-26-162951.jpg)
North Korea Calls South Korean President a ‘Puppet Traitor’
By Mitch Shin
Pyongyang has been publishing belligerent statements slamming the South Korea-U.S. summit – and is eagerly seizing on South Korean criticisms for its own advantage.
![North Korea Issues Warning After US-South Korea Summit North Korea Issues Warning After US-South Korea Summit](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2023-05-01-130340.jpg)
North Korea Issues Warning After US-South Korea Summit
By Mitch Shin
The powerful sister of the North Korean leader released a statement denouncing the Washington Declaration and the new Nuclear Consultative Group.
![US to Dock Nuclear Subs in South Korea for First Time in 40 Years US to Dock Nuclear Subs in South Korea for First Time in 40 Years](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2023-04-26-162951.jpg)
US to Dock Nuclear Subs in South Korea for First Time in 40 Years
By Aamer Madhani, Colleen Long, and Zeke Miller
The planned dock visits are a key element of the “Washington Declaration” issued during President Yoon’s U.S. visit in a bid to deter a North Korean attack.
![South Korea Should Not Put All Its Deterrence Eggs in One Basket South Korea Should Not Put All Its Deterrence Eggs in One Basket](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2023-04-12-142824.jpg)
South Korea Should Not Put All Its Deterrence Eggs in One Basket
By Ian Bowers and Henrik Stålhane Hiim
South Korea faces an immense deterrence challenge – but should stick to its Three Axis Defense System for now.
![North Korea Fires 2 SRBMs Amid South Korea-US Marine Drills North Korea Fires 2 SRBMs Amid South Korea-US Marine Drills](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2023-03-27-130941.png)
North Korea Fires 2 SRBMs Amid South Korea-US Marine Drills
By Mitch Shin
North Korea continued launching ballistic missiles as South Korea and the United States carried out their large-scale Ssangyong exercise.
![North Korea Says It Conducted Tactical Nuclear Attack Drill North Korea Says It Conducted Tactical Nuclear Attack Drill](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2023-03-20-145533.jpg)
North Korea Says It Conducted Tactical Nuclear Attack Drill
By Mitch Shin
Three days after it launched an ICBM, North Korea conducted a nuclear counterattack simulation as a response to the ongoing South Korea-U.S. joint military drills.
![North Korea Confirms Hwasong-17 ICBM Test North Korea Confirms Hwasong-17 ICBM Test](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2023-03-17-121412.jpg)
North Korea Confirms Hwasong-17 ICBM Test
By Mitch Shin
A day after its ICBM launch, North Korea confirmed that it tested its Hwasong-17 ICBM in response to the ongoing South Korea-U.S. combined military exercises.
![On Day of South Korea-Japan Summit Meeting, North Korea Fires ICBM On Day of South Korea-Japan Summit Meeting, North Korea Fires ICBM](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2021-09-02-9.jpg)
On Day of South Korea-Japan Summit Meeting, North Korea Fires ICBM
By Mitch Shin
Hours before President Yoon held a meeting with the Japanese prime minister in Tokyo, North Korea fired an ICBM toward its eastern coast.
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