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. [tier=bronze indep_score=0.32 clusters=5 claim_tier=everyday]
Sources
- Nuclear weapon (wikipedia)
- https://www.ucs.org/nuclear-weapons/worldwide (corroboration)
- https://www.armscontrol.org/factsheets/nuclear-weapons-who-has-what-glance (corroboration)
- https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-9092/ (corroboration)
- https://sgs.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/2020-01/sipri-2018.pdf (corroboration)
- https://www.icanw.org/nuclear_arsenals (corroboration)