Submarine forces of the U.S. and South Korean navies discussed ways to improve combined operational capabilities.

A DPRK estranged from Beijing and open to new partnerships offers a space for the next administration to engage in diplomacy with Pyongyang to pacify the peninsula and counterbalance Chinese power in the region.

As Russia made progress in revising its nuclear policy amid its war with Ukraine, North Korea vowed to never give up its own nuclear weapons despite demands from the West.

The commentary stressed that North Korea will never surrender its nuclear weapons, claiming "any attempt against our nuclear weapons can never work." It warned the G7 "will have t