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Seoul estimates North Korea has up to 2 tonnes of highly enriched uranium

South Korea warns North Korea may possess up to 2 tonnes of weapons-grade uranium, with centrifuges reportedly active at four sites.

AFP ASIA
Published September 25,2025
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North Korea is believed to possess up to two tonnes of highly enriched uranium, South Korea's unification minister said Thursday.

"Intelligence agencies estimate Pyongyang's stockpile of highly enriched uranium - more than 90 percent pure - at up to 2,000 kilogrammes," South Korea's unification minister Chung Dong-young told reporters.

"Even at this very hour, North Korea's uranium centrifuges are operating at four sites," he added.