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Visitors look at the China-North Korea Friendship Bridge across the Yalu River from Dandong, in northeast China. A company operating from Dandong is under fresh sanctions by the U.S.

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U.S. Targets Chinese Company For Supporting N. Korean Nuclear Program

11:33am September 27, 2016

by Elise Hu

The U.S. Department of the Treasury says a Chinese conglomerate on the North Korean border has helped blacklisted North Korean companies procure raw materials that could be used for nuclear weapons.

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President Obama, speaking in Prague, in 2009, said:

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Obama's Nuclear Paradox: Pushing For Cuts, Agreeing To Upgrades

3:15pm May 26, 2016

by Phil Ewing

Obama has sought to reduce the world's nuclear stockpile throughout his tenure. Yet he's also put the U.S. on course to spend some $1 trillion on upgrading its aging nuclear arsenal.

Members of the 320th Missile Squadron missile combat crew work through a scenario in the 90th Operations Support Squadron's Missile Procedure Trainer on F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyo., in June 2014. The MPT is a simulator that allows missile crews to pr

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Report: U.S. Nuclear System Relies On Outdated Technology Such As Floppy Disks

1:42pm May 26, 2016

by Merrit Kennedy

The Government Accountability Office report also finds that the nuclear system is coordinated on a 1970s-era computer. The parts are so obsolete that it's difficult to find replacements.

A North Korean man reads a local newspaper on Sunday with an image of leader Kim Jong Un. Kim said during a critical ruling party congress that his country will not use its nuclear weapons first unless its sovereignty is invaded, state media reported.

N. Korea Wants Economic And Nuclear Expansion, But One Undercuts The Other

10:54am May 09, 2016

by Elise Hu

North Korea's powerful are gathering for their first ruling party congress in decades. Kim Jong Un is working to consolidate his power at home — and regionally — with an expanded nuclear arsenal.

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North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un reporting works of North Korean Workers Party Central Committee during the second-day of the 7th Workers Party Congress in Pyongyang.

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Kim Jong Un Says North Korea Won't Use Nukes Unless Its Sovereignty Is Violated

1:15pm May 08, 2016

by Merrit Kennedy

North Korea's leader was speaking at the country's highest-level political gathering since 1980. This comes after it has conducted a series of provocative weapons tests.

President Obama speaks during a news conference at the Nuclear Security Summit on Friday in Washington.

Obama Questions Trump's Knowledge About Foreign Policy And 'The World Generally'

7:51pm April 01, 2016

by Laura Wagner

President Obama said Donald Trump's statements on nuclear issues show he "doesn't know much about foreign policy, or nuclear policy, or the Korean Peninsula, or the world generally."

Iran Tests 2 Ballistic Missiles Reportedly Designed To Reach Israel

5:40pm March 09, 2016

by Merrit Kennedy

The tests may violate a U.N. Security Council resolution barring Iran from test-firing missiles capable of carrying nuclear weapons. Iran says the missiles aren't designed for nukes.

A U.S. nuclear test at Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands, in July 1946.

Tiny Marshall Islands Taking On 3 World Nuclear Powers In Court

6:04pm March 07, 2016

by Merrit Kennedy

The archipelago, which was the site of dozens of U.S. nuclear tests in the 1940s and '50s, is suing India, Pakistan and the United Kingdom in the International Court of Justice.

People watch a news report at a railway station in Seoul on Feb. 3. North Korea launched a long-range rocket Sunday local time, defying international criticism.

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North Korea Launches Long-Range Rocket

11:16pm February 06, 2016

by Camila Domonoske

Pyongyang says its launch is for an "observation satellite," but many nations view the launch as a concealed long-range missile test. So far, there has been no damage to boats or planes in the area.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un delivers his New Year's speech on Jan. 1. The country announced late Tuesday that it had tested a hydrogen bomb.

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North Korea Says It Conducted Hydrogen Bomb Test

11:40pm January 05, 2016

by Elise Hu

The announcement — which has not yet been confirmed by international experts — follows a magnitude 5.1 earthquake that shook the rogue nation's nuclear test site.