North Korea Enriching Enough Uranium for ‘Double-Digit’ Amount Of Nuclear Weapons, Says Spy Agency

Published on September 26, 2024

North Korea has likely enriched enough uranium to build a “double-digit” number of nuclear bombs, according to South Korea’s spy agency. On Thursday, during a closed-door parliamentary briefing, South Korea’s National Intelligence Service reported that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is making significant progress in developing more powerful and accurate missiles aimed at South Korea. North Korea, which is controlled by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) and is a highly centralized totalitarian state, earlier this month unveiled via state media a secretive facility that produces uranium, a key material used in the development of nuclear weapons....