Why Trump’s Strikes on Iran Will Leave North Korea More Determined than Ever to Keep Its Nukes
- President Trump has expressed hope for restarting denuclearization talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un after previous summits ended without a deal.
- North Korea's foreign ministry condemned the U.S. military's strike on Iran, calling it a violation of international law.
- Analysts believe that North Korea's advanced nuclear program and military cooperation with Iran may hinder any future negotiations.
- Experts suggest that the U.S. attack on Iran could motivate North Korea to improve security around its nuclear facilities.
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Why Trump’s strikes on Iran will leave North Korea more determined than ever to keep its nukes
By Mike Valerio, Brad Lendon, Yoonjung Seo and Gawon Bae, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — As American B-2 bombers streaked over Iran, targeting facilities tied to Tehran’s nuclear ambitions, policymakers and analysts in East Asia were already grappling with a critical question: What signal does this send to North Korea, a country whose nuclear arsenal is far more advanced than Iran’s? Experts warn Washington’s military actions may harden Pyongyan…
Did North Koreans die? What did those bunker busters do? Kim wants to know
FPI / June 25, 2025 Geostrategy-Direct It is possible that North Koreans were in Iran and even at its nuclear sites as U.S. B-2 bombers dropped massive bunker buster bombs on the facilities. North Korea has long assisted Iran with its nuclear programs. “North Koreans are still in Iran helping Iran with its nuclear weapon […]

Trump’s attack on Iran pushed diplomacy with Kim Jong Un further out of reach
SEOUL, South Korea — Since beginning his second term earlier this year, President Donald Trump has spoken optimistically about restarting denuclearization talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, whom he met for a series of historic summits in 2018 and 2019 that ended without a deal. Read more...
US reaffirms commitment to North Korea’s denuclearization after Iran strikes
The U.S. reaffirmed its commitment to North Korea’s complete denuclearization on Tuesday in the aftermath of its strikes on Iranian nuclear sites, while declining to comment on what it will do if diplomacy on eliminating the DPRK’s weapons of mass destruction fails. Asked at a press briefing whether the coordinated U.S. bomb strike on Iran […]
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