Daily Mail

Kim ‘upgrading his nuclear site’

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CRITICS have questioned Kim Jong-un’s commitment to peace after pictures suggested he is still investing in nuclear technology.

Mr Kim had vowed to ensure the denucleari­sation of the Korean peninsula in recent meetings with Donald Trump and South Korean president Moon Jae-in.

But monitoring groups yesterday claimed North Korea was ‘rapidly’ upgrading its major nuclear site.

Satellite photos, obtained by watchdog 38North, appeared to show improvemen­ts are being made to Yongbyon Nuclear Scientific Research Centre. Upgrades to the site, which contains the country’s only nuclear reactor, are thought to include new buildings, a water pump house and a radiochemi­cal laboratory.

Jenny Town, managing editor at 38North, said the developmen­t ‘underscore­s [the] reason why an actual deal is necessary, not just a statement of lofty goals’.

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