North Korea likely has undeclared uranium enrichment site based on photos
The photos showed Kim walking between long rows of metal centrifuges, the machines that enrich uranium. The report did not mention the facility’s location.
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The photos showed Kim walking between long rows of metal centrifuges, the machines that enrich uranium. The report did not mention the facility’s location.
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — In a significant show of defiance against the United States, North Korea on Friday provided the outside world with a rare view into a secretive facility built to enrich uranium for nuclear bombs as leader Kim Jong Un called for a rapid expansion of his nuclear weapons program.
North Korea on Friday revealed a weapons-grade uranium-manufacturing site for the first time, as its leader, Kim Jong-un, flaunted his expanding nuclear weapons program ahead of the United States presidential election in November.
The state media report on Kim’s visit to the Nuclear Weapons Institute and a production base for weapon-grade nuclear materials was accompanied by the first photos of the centrifuges, providing a rare look inside North Korea’s nuclear programme, which is banned under multiple United Nations Security Council resolutions.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visited a uranium enrichment facility and called for new centrifuges to produce more weapons-grade material for nuclear bombs, state media KCNA reported on Friday.
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