Images showed its leader, Kim Jong Un, surveying the region. He had before promised to “exponentially” boost the nation’s stockpile of nuclear weapons.
He would made a similar request for the uranium facility to double its output, according to a report that the state’s Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) released on Friday.
Production of nuclear warheads requires enriched uranium.
In the picture, Mr. Kim is seen chatting with military officials while strolling by rows of centrifuges. The Korean peninsula is experiencing increased tensions at the time of its publication.
“[Mr. Kim] toured the uranium enrichment base’s control room to become familiar with how everything worked overall.
The government of South Korea has declared that it vehemently opposes the North’s intentions to boost output.
North Korea did not reveal the location or purpose of Mr. Kim’s visit; it could have been anywhere in the country or part of its massive Yongbyon nuclear complex. In addition to its well-known Yongbyon complex, experts have long speculated that North Korea is secretly operating at least one uranium enrichment facility.
The facility was revealed by North Korea, according to professor Leif-Eric Easley of Ewha University in Seoul, in order to “boast of its nuclear development and signal that its weapons program is irreversible.”.
