North Korea's state-run KCNA news agency said the facility uses "more advanced technology," but provided no specific details such as the plant's location or when it began operations.
Photographs released by state media show a large area containing centrifuges, which are likely to be used to enrich weapons-grade uranium.
The public unveiling of the new plant is consistent with Kim's repeated commitments to expand the nuclear weapons program, in response to what he calls growing military threats led by the United States.
KCNA reported that Kim visited the nuclear facility on June 3rd to examine operational indicators and long-term production plans.
According to KCNA , Kim emphasized that strengthening the country's nuclear deterrence capabilities, both in quality and quantity, is increasingly urgent due to the need to confront "the most aggressive adversaries."
He also cited threats and crises as reasons for enhancing North Korea's nuclear capabilities.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un claims that North Korea's capacity to produce weapons-grade nuclear materials has more than doubled compared to five years ago. However, there is virtually no way to independently verify this claim.
Following a meeting at the facility, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said he and other senior officials had “confirmed the priorities in implementing an ambitious future plan to exponentially strengthen the state’s nuclear forces,” KCNA reported.
Photographs released by KCNA show Kim walking through narrow passageways surrounded by long rows of silver pipes and dense tubing in what is believed to be a centrifuge room. Another photo shows him conversing with senior officials in a meeting room, where a blurry image reveals a cone-shaped object spread out on a table. It is unclear whether this is a nuclear warhead design.
The revelation of this facility comes less than two years after North Korea publicly unveiled another secret uranium enrichment plant in September 2024. This is the first time Pyongyang has publicly revealed such a facility since allowing American scholars to tour the plant at its main nuclear complex in Yongbyon in 2010.
During a visit to that facility in 2024, Kim delivered a similar message, calling for an increase in the number of centrifuges to expand the country's nuclear arsenal "exponentially," while also promoting the development of more advanced centrifuge systems.
Last September, South Korea's Unification Ministry said North Korea was operating a total of four uranium enrichment facilities, including the Yongbyon complex, and that these facilities were operating daily.
Nuclear weapons can be made from highly enriched uranium or plutonium, and North Korea currently has facilities producing both materials at Yongbyon.
North Korea has focused on expanding and modernizing its nuclear arsenal since high-level diplomatic efforts between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and U.S. President Donald Trump broke down in 2019. Since then, Kim has consistently rejected offers from the U.S. and South Korea to resume dialogue.
Last April, the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Rafael Grossi, stated that the agency had confirmed a “rapid increase” in activity at North Korean nuclear facilities.
Source: https://tienphong.vn/trieu-tien-cong-bo-co-so-hat-nhan-moi-post1848714.tpo
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