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.
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- AFP
- Published Date: 09:10 | 25 September 2025
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.
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