Overview

• Unification Minister Chung Dong-young said intelligence and experts, including the Federation of American Scientists, assess the stock at around 2,000 kilograms enriched above 90%.
• By the IAEA’s rough 42‑kilogram per warhead metric, the material could in theory yield nearly 50 devices, a conversion that remains a technical estimate.
• Chung reported uranium centrifuges are operating at four sites, with enrichment infrastructure cited at locations including Yongbyon, which was reactivated in 2021.
• He criticized the limited impact of international sanctions and described a Washington–Pyongyang summit as the only viable route to curb the program.
• Kim Jong Un recently signaled openness to talks with the United States on the condition that North Korea keeps its nuclear arsenal.