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Idaho National Laboratory’s Fuel Conditioning Facility supports work to demonstrate the technical feasibility of a nuclear recycling technique called pyroprocessing. Photo Credit: Fuel Conditioning Fact Sheet, Idaho National Laboratory.

Why joint US-South Korean research on plutonium separation raises nuclear proliferation danger

By Frank N. von Hippel, Jungmin Kang | Analysis, Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Risk

South Korean missiles on display at the Korean War Memorial. Credit: Daniel Foster. Accessed via Flickr. CC BY-NC-SA 2.0.

How bad would a nuclear-armed South Korea be? Let us count the ways.

By Lauren Sukin | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons, Opinion

A drive-thru coronavirus testing site.

What a MERS outbreak taught South Korea, why kids draw the coronavirus, and more: The best disruptive tech stories of 2020

By Matt Field | Disruptive Technologies

Moon Jae-in and Kim Jong-un

After Biden’s election victory, what’s North Korea’s next move?

By Duyeon Kim | Columnists, Nuclear Risk

South Korean submarine

South Korea’s risky quest to build nuclear-powered attack submarines

By Seoc Woo Kim, Jungmin Kang, Frank von Hippel | Analysis, Nuclear Risk

National Guard troops work at a COVID-19 testing facility.

When to reopen the economy during the coronavirus pandemic? South Korea’s got a plan and the numbers to back it up

By HyunJung Kim | Biosecurity

2020 elections in South Korea

Interview: Duyeon Kim on South Korea’s elections in the midst of a coronavirus pandemic

By John Mecklin | Biosecurity, Interviews, Nuclear Weapons

Republic of Korea Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter jets. Photo credit: ROK Air Force

How to keep South Korea from going nuclear

By Duyeon Kim | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

Donald Trump meets Kim Jong-un at the Korean Demilitarized Zone

Don’t be surprised when South Korea wants nuclear weapons

By Byong-Chul Lee | Nuclear Weapons, Opinion

Illustration by Matt Field. Based in part on photo by Alias 0591 CC BY 2.0.

Denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula begins with a peace declaration

By David Kim | Analysis, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

BTS, the “atomic bomb shirt,” and South Korean attitudes toward nuclear weapons

By Viet Phuong Nguyen | Analysis, Nuclear Weapons

Learning from South Korea: How artificial intelligence can transform US export controls

By Zoe Stanley-Lockman | Artificial Intelligence, Disruptive Technologies, Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Risk, Voices of Tomorrow