As North Korea Escalates Rhetoric, Washington and Seoul Debate Whether the South Should Go Nuclear 

‘Act first, report later,’ South Korea’s president urges his troops. ‘If provoked, please immediately retaliate, and report afterward.’

Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP, file
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un at Pyongyang on April 25, 2022. Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP, file

North Korea is raising the stakes and the risks in the nuclear confrontation with Seoul amid debate among Americans and South Koreans over whether the South should go nuclear.

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