North Korea's Nuclear Program More Advanced Than What Was Previously Thought

North Korean army missile units during a grand military parade
in the capital, Pyongyang. Photo AFP

Pakistani Scientist Depicts More Advanced Nuclear Program In North Korea -- Washington Post

North Korea has constructed a plant to manufacture a gas needed for uranium enrichment, according to a previously unpublicized account by the father of Pakistan's atomic bomb program, a development that indicates Pyongyang opened a second way to build nuclear weapons as early as the 1990s.

Pakistani scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan also said that North Korea may have been enriching uranium on a small scale by 2002, with "maybe 3,000 or even more" centrifuges, and that Pakistan helped the country with vital machinery, drawings and technical advice for at least six years.

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More News On North Korea's Nuclear Program

Pyongyang nukes received Pakistani support: Post -- Economic Times (India Times)
N.Korea built plant for uranium enrichment: report -- AFP
Pak helped NKorea build nuke weapons as early as 1990: Report -- Times Of India
N.Korea 'Had Enriched Uranium in 2002' -- Chosun Ilbo
Pakistani nuke scientist alleges assisting N.Korea -- Global Times
Khan adds to nuclear intrigue -- Sydney Morning Herald