South Korea Edges Closer to Status as Full-Fledged Nuclear Power

A strengthened pact, amid outrage at Moscow and Beijing, is signed by Yank and South Korean officials.

Jung Yeon-Je/Pool via AP, file
President Yoon of South Korea salutes during a repatriation ceremony to receive the remains of South Korean soldiers killed in the Korean War, on July 26, 2023. Jung Yeon-Je/Pool via AP, file

South Korea is edging ever closer to the status of a full-fledged nuclear power in the wake of last week’s NATO summit at Washington and the signing by Yank and South Korea officials of a much strengthened “nuclear deterrence” pact.

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