[해외자료] South Korea as a Nuclear State: Trade-offs and Choices

...href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/12/world/asia/south-korea- nuclear- weapons.html"voicedthe possibility of either building nuclear weapons indigenously or redeploying US tactical nuclear weapons in the face of an ever-growing nuclear threat from the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK or North Korea). This reoriented the debate on South Korea’s own nuclear ambitions.

[해외자료] The Sleeper Has Awakened: Six Key Takeaways From the Rollout of North Korea’s “Tactical Nuclear Attack Submarine”

...announcedthat “a Korean-style tactical nuclear attack submarine” had been rolled out of a construction hall at the Sinpho South Shipyard into the water two days before. Associated photos revealed substantial modifications made to an existing old ROMEO-class conventionally powered submarine to launch “ tactical nuclear weapons.” The text of a speech Kim Jong Un reportedly...

[현안분석] Worth the Squeeze: A Conditions-based Analysis of South Korean Public Support for Nuclear Deterrence

...do South Koreans want nuclear weapons? The 2025 Asan Poll found a record 76.2% public support for acquiring an indigenous nuclear weapons capability and 66.3% support for the redeployment of U.S. tactical nuclear weapons to the Korean Peninsula. One of the main critiques of such findings is that the headline figures misrepresent the public’s true commitment to nuclear armament or redeployment...

[현안분석] A Sixties Comeback: Restoring U.S. Nuclear Presence in Northeast Asia

...emerging Eurasian nuclear axis, it is time to explore similar collective countermeasures among U.S. allies. In the 1960s, the United States deployed over 2,000 non-strategic nuclear weapons, commonly known as tactical nuclear weapons, in both South Korea and Japan. This was to deter conventional military threats from China and North Korea, long before they had their own nuclear weapons, in addition to...

[현안분석] 김정은 집권기 국방력 강화정책의 영향과 전망

...capabilities during Kim Jong-un's reign. During Kim Jong Un's reign, the focus of the policy to strengthen national defense capabilities has been on upgrading nuclear capabilities such as strategic and tactical nuclear weapons and improving batting capabilities in preparation for local battles rather than on balanced development of the army, navy, and air force. Such a policy to strengthen...

[현안분석] 북한 군사력 강화 정책의 딜레마

...military capabilities, ranging from strategic and tactical nuclear weapons to the modernization of conventional weapons, will lead to a resource allocation dilemma. he resource allocation dilemma can be said to be a multi-dilemma of resource allocation between the economy and defense, and between the production of nuclear weapons and conventional weapons. Considering North Korea's strategy, it...

[현안분석] 북한의 전술핵무기 개발과 안보적 함의

...medium-to-long-range cruise missiles,smaller SLBMs, and new-type tactical guided weapons, into tactical nuclear weapons. Pyongyang has claimed that tactical nuclear weapons of North Korea are a countermeasure to deter military threats on and around the Korean Peninsula and prevent wars waged by enemies. By operating the tactical nuclear weapons, Pyongyang seems to respond the reinforcement of the ROK military’s...