Overview

• South Korea’s unification minister, citing national intelligence, said the stockpile is enriched to above 90 percent purity.
• The IAEA has assessed that such a quantity could yield more than 40 nuclear bombs.
• Chung Dong-young said uranium centrifuges are operating at four locations in North Korea.
• Kim Jong Un has signaled willingness to talk if Washington drops its denuclearization demand, as Pyongyang asserts its nuclear status is irreversible.
• North Korea withdrew from IAEA oversight in 1994 and left the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty in 2003, and it rarely confirms inventory figures publicly.