(Reuters) – South Korea said on Tuesday it suspects the North has been secretly enriching uranium at more locations besides its main nuclear site — which could mean it has more material for building nuclear bombs.
South Korean Foreign Minister Kim Sung-hwan said he could not confirm a media report that Pyongyang had three to four plants to enrich uranium but he suspected there were facilities in the North in addition to the Yongbyon nuclear complex.
“It is a report based on what is still intelligence and let me just say that we have been following this issue for some time,” he told a press briefing.
The prospect of more plants capable of producing materials that could be used in a nuclear weapons program raises the risk that North Korea expands its nuclear plans as it seeks to wrest concessions and aid from restarting disarmament talks.
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