South Korea has rejected a characterization of North Korea as a "nuclear power" by President-elect Donald Trump's defense secretary nominee Pete Hegseth. Newsweek reached out to the North Korean ...

South Korean officials interpreted Hegseth's comment as showing possible U.S. recognition of North Korea as a nuclear weapons state, a status granted only to five countries under an international ...

A senator told Hegseth: "I suggest you do a little homework before you prepare for these types of negotiations." ...

Seoul stressed Wednesday that Pyongyang cannot hold nuclear state status, rejecting U.S. defense secretary nominee Pete Hegseth's reference to the North as a "nuclear power." ...

If I had beene one of the senators questioning Pete Hegseth during his confirmation hearing, this is what I would have asked: ...

That’s called “jointness,” about which Hegseth knows little. He touted his Army background in the National Guard as a ...

A Princeton and Harvard-educated former combat veteran, Hegseth went on to make a career at Fox News, where he hosted a ...

Pete Hegseth, U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to ... "has been a principle consistently upheld by South Korea, ...

South Korea has rejected a characterization of North Korea as a "nuclear power" by President-elect Donald Trump's defense secretary nominee Pete Hegseth. Newsweek reached out to the North Korean ...

Pete Hegseth made the comment in his written response ... treaty barring nuclear weapons development. Countries like South Korea who comply with the agreement− known as the Nuclear Non ...

WASHINGTON − President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to lead the Pentagon upset key U.S. ally South Korea Tuesday when he labeled North Korea a "nuclear power" in a statement submitted to a Senate ...