Relations between the two Koreas are at one of their lowest points, with diplomacy stalled and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un calling for increased weapons development, including tactical nuclear weapons.
said on Thursday the current port visit of a United States nuclear-armed submarine to South"may fall under the conditions" for Pyongyang to use nuclear weapons, its defence minister said.North
A White House official announced on Tuesday that a US nuclear-armed submarine was making a South Korean port call for the first time in four decades. Seoul and Washington have ramped up defence co-operation in response to Pyongyang's threats and repeated missile launches, staging joint military exercises with advanced stealth jets and US strategic assets.
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