The White House said on Friday that the US is seeking to restart diplomatic talks with North Korea after Pyongyang passed a new law that raises the specter of a nuclear confrontation. “We continue to seek diplomacy, and are prepared to meet without preconditions,” spokeswoman Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters, noting ...
North Korea has passed a law, declaring itself a nuclear weapons state and enshrining the right to use preemptive nuclear strikes to protect itself. The Supreme People’s Assembly, the North’s legislature, lent its blessing to the law on Thursday, legislating the country’s status as a nuclear weapons state, the official ...
