North Korea Admits to HEU Program, Again
Is anyone besides David Albright surprised by this admission by North Korea?:
North Korea told the United States earlier this month that it procured materials related to centrifuges used for uranium enrichment from a third country, diplomatic sources said Monday.
North Korea’s revelation regarding aluminum pipes marks the first time that Pyongyang has admitted to allegations about a secret uranium enrichment program which sparked the current North Korean nuclear standoff.
But North Korea did not go as far as to say that it had begun uranium enrichment…
During the Geneva talks, North Korea’s chief delegate to the six-party talks, Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan, admitted to his U.S. counterpart Christopher Hill, assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs, that North Korea had procured aluminum pipes from a third country, the sources said. [Kyodo News]
Kyodo is wrong in one part of this article, Richardson points out, this is not the first time North Korea has admitted to a secret uranium program. I highly recommend everyone read the rest of Richardson’s analysis of this latest admission of a secret North Korean uranium program over at DRPK Studies.
