South Korea considers whether it needs is own nuclear weapons to counter growing North Korean nuclear threat

IS US NUCLEAR UMBRELLA ENOUGH? The White House and State Department confirmed yesterday that in the wake of North Korea’s increasingly bellicose rhetoric and growing nuclear arsenal, the United States and South Korea are developing plans to deter and, if necessary, respond to any use of nuclear weapons by Kim Jong Un.

The news surfaced in an interview South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol gave to the Chosun Ilbo newspaper, in which he said the U.S. and South Korean military were discussing contingencies in the event North Korea conducts a seventh nuclear test, long expected to happen at any time.