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The newspaper La Jornada
Saturday, September 14, 2024, p. 24

North Korean media published images of uranium enrichment facilities for the first time yesterday, on the occasion of a visit by the nation’s leader, Kim Jong-un. The nation conducted its first test of atomic weapons, which use the radioactive element, in 2006. Without citing a place or date, the statement said that Jong-un had made an inspection visit to the Nuclear Weapons Institute and the production base, and that the leader had visited the facility for the first time. He urged factory officials to advance production with better technologyPyongyang is banned from pursuing its nuclear weapons programme by UN sanctions, but the North Korean government remains in defiance.