President Biden held a summit meeting with South Korean President Yoon Sung-nyeol at the White House on May 26. Discussion will be held on "extended deterrence" to protect North Korea, which is further accelerating its nuclear and missile development, with deterrence, including U.S.

nuclear forces. North Korea's Current Status of Nuclear and Missile Development South Korean Experts interviewed Lee Sang-min, a colonel in the ROK Army and head of the North Korean Military Research Department at the Korea National Defense Research Institute.