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North Korea releases rare photos of Kim in nuclear facility
 [BBC] North Korea has for the first time offered a glimpse into a uranium enrichment facility which produces material for its nuclear weapons.Photographs showed its leader Kim PudgeJong-un ...the overweight, pouty-looking hereditary potentate of North Korea. Pudge appears to believe in his own divinity, but has yet to produce any loaves and fishes, so his subjects remain malnourished... , who had earlier vowed to "exponentially" increase the country's stash of nuclear weapons, inspecting the area. The state's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said in a report on Friday that he had similarly called for the uranium facility to increase its production. Enriched uranium is essential in the manufacturing of nuclear warheads. The photograph shows Mr Kim walking past rows of centrifuges and talking to military officials. Their publication comes amid heightened tensions on the Korean peninsula. North Korea did not reveal when Mr Kim made the visit, nor which facility he visited – whether this is part of its sprawling Yongbyon nuclear complex, or another undisclosed site. Experts have long suspected that North Korea is covertly running at least one uranium enrichment facility, in addition to its well-known Yongbyon site. It is not known how many nuclear weapons North Korea has, but one recent estimate puts the number at 50, with sufficient material to produce another 40. Related: Yongbyon: 2022-09-10 Does Iran have a secret plutonium bomb program? Yongbyon: 2021-09-17 Satellite images reveal North Korea expanding facility used to produce weapons-grade uranium Yongbyon: 2021-08-31 N Korea appears to have resumed nuke reactor operation: IAEA Posted by: Skidmark 2024-09-14 |
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