The launch was proof, he said, that arming ships with nuclear weapons was “making satisfactory progress”. North Korea is several years into a nuclear weapons programme that has gathered momentum despite UN sanctions and Trump’s attempts to use diplomacy to rid the Korean peninsula of nuclear weapons. View image in fullscreen The North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, and his daughter at a performance commemorating International Women’s Day in Pyongyang. Photograph: KCNA/ReutersThe North Korean foreign ministry’s response to the war in Iran has been nuanced. That leaves the door open to a potential resumption of nuclear talks, contingent on Washington dropping its demand that Pyongyang abandon its nuclear weapons and accepting it as a legitimate nuclear state.

Source: The Guardian March 10, 2026 11:10 UTC