Nuclear

U.S. Ambassador to China: 'North Korea Is the Biggest Threat to Humankind'

By Charlie Campbell / Beijing

A Radioactive Cloud from Russia Swept Over Europe — and No One Knows Why

By Jamie Ducharme

President Trump Changes His Tune on North Korea

By Charlie Campbell / Seoul

President Trump, North Korea and a Brief History of Nuclear Threats

By David Kaiser
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The 3 Things a Historian of North Korea Would Tell the White House

"What happens in N.K. also happens in other places," says Cheehyung Harrison Kim. "Why N.K.’s problems are seen as unique and different is really the important question."

By Erik Moshe / History News Network

Why Americans Stopped Building Fallout Shelters

"Shelters against atomic and hydrogen bombs are nothing but coffins and tombs prepared in advance," the Soviet Defense Minister said in 1962

By Lily Rothman

The U.S. Contemplated a Nuclear Confrontation in North Korea in 1953. We Can Learn From That Moment

Leaders discussed the use of atomic weapons in Korea in a meeting in March of 1953

By David Kaiser

Whoever Becomes South Korea's New Leader Has Three Options for Dealing With Kim Jong Un

There are calls in South Korea for a softer approach to Pyongyang

By Charlie Campbell / Beijing

North Korea Tests China's Patience With Timely Missile Launches

The tests undermine Beijing's global leadership credentials in the Donald Trump era

By Charlie Campbell / Beijing

When Donald Trump Tried to Meet With a Russian Leader in the 1980s

In 1988, Trump invited Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev to dinner at the Trump Tower

By Lily Rothman

North Korea Is Desperate for Aid. But Its Nuclear Policy Means It Won't Be Getting Much of It

Despite devastation in country’s northeast, military tests continue, reducing chance of vital aid donations

By Charlie Campbell / Beijing

North Korea 'Tests New Rocket Engine'

The engine could represent a significant advance in Pyongyang's space program

By Tekendra Parmar

Why the International Day Against Nuclear Tests Is Special This Year

The Aug. 29 date marks 25 years since a major Soviet Union nuclear test site in Kazakhstan closed

By Julia Zorthian

Obama Becomes First Sitting President to Visit Hiroshima

“Seventy-one years ago, on a bright cloudless morning, death fell from the sky and the world was changed"

By Simon Lewis

See North Korean Life During Ruling Party's Largest Congress in Decades

The Workers' Party's convention opening on May 6 is the biggest political event North Korea has seen in decades, and the first congress since 1980

By TIME Photo

China Won't Allow War on Korean Peninsula, Xi Says

"This situation would not benefit anyone," the Chinese leader said

By Rishi Iyengar

Chernobyl at 30: How Attempts to Contain the Radiation Failed

Trains full of contaminated meat roamed the USSR for years, leaving a trail of radioactivity, looking for a town willing to accept the cargo

By Kate Brown

Ukraine Observes 30th Anniversary of Chernobyl

The 1986 tragedy remains the worst nuclear accident in history

By Rishi Iyengar

Obama Expresses 'Concerns' on Iran in Saudi Arabia

Even after the nuclear deal, the U.S. and its allies continue to worry

By Alexander Smith / NBC News

U.S. and China Agree to Deter North Korea Nuclear Tests

"We're going to discuss how we can discourage action like nuclear missile tests"

By Mark Rivett-Carnac
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