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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Shweta Sharma

New satellite images show North Korea building secret uranium enrichment plant

New satellite imagery suggests North Korea is building a new uranium enrichment plant at one of its nuclear sites, part of Kim Jong Un’s 2025 plan to “exponentially” bolster the country's nuclear arsenal.

The images, taken in October and November and analysed by the Washington-based monitoring group 38 North, indicate a “continuation of modernisation and expansion efforts throughout” the Yongbyon Nuclear Scientific Research Centre, experts said.

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