North Korea is one of the nine states known or believed to possess nuclear weapons.
Notes on verification
Confirmed by multiple independent, authoritative arms-control organizations including Arms Control Association, SIPRI, UCS, and ICAN.
Sources
- Nuclear weapon (en.wikipedia.org)
- https://www.ucs.org/nuclear-weapons/worldwide (ucs.org)
- https://www.armscontrol.org/factsheets/nuclear-weapons-who-has-what-glance (armscontrol.org)
- https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-9092/ (commonslibrary.parliament.uk)
- https://sgs.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/2020-01/sipri-2018.pdf (sgs.princeton.edu)
- https://www.icanw.org/nuclear_arsenals (icanw.org)