North Korea likely has undeclared uranium enrichment site based on photos

Photos of North Korea’s uranium enrichment facility may show an undeclared site for building nuclear bombs just outside its capital, analysts said.

North Korea for the first time showed images on Friday of the centrifuges that produce fuel for its nuclear bombs, as leader Kim Jong-un visited a uranium enrichment facility and called for more weapons-grade material to boost the arsenal.

The photos showed Kim walking between long rows of metal centrifuges, the machines that enrich uranium. The report did not mention the facility’s location.

North Korea watchers and analysts said the site, known as Kangson, is suspected to be a covert uranium enrichment plant.

Jeffrey Lewis, a non-proliferation expert at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies, said five images of the inside facility, including the “big” hall and an annex released by state media, match features of satellite imagery of the nuclear site.