The activities at the sprawling nuclear complex in Yongbyon suggest that the country is once again ramping up its nuclear weapons program.
Nuclear-disarmament talks between Washington and Pyongyang fizzled after the second summit meeting between the North’s leader, Kim Jong-un, and former President Donald J. Trump collapsed in 2019. The Biden administration has offered to renew talks “anywhere, anytime without preconditions,” but North Korea has not shown interest...
“There were no indications of reactor operation from early December 2018 to the beginning of July 2021,” the International Atomic Energy Agency said in its annual report, dated Friday and reported earlier by The Wall Street Journal. “However, since early July 2021, there have been indications, including the discharge of cooling water, consistent with the operation of the reactor.”
The watchdog also...call[ed] the activities “deeply troubling.”
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