# South Korean minister of Defence Ahn Gyu-back says North Korea could have between 80 and 120 nuclear warheads. That is substantially higher than US President Donald Trump’s recent estimate of 57. Ahn stressed the exact number is difficult to verify, with the estimate based partly on private research. Seoul still does not officially recognise North Korea as a nuclear-armed state and says it will rely on the US nuclear umbrella rather than developing its own arsenal. The estimates come as Trump seeks another meeting with Kim Jong Un later this year.
South Korea estimates North Korea has substantially more nuclear warheads than Trump’s figure