North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visited a newly inaugurated nuclear materials production facility, state media reported Thursday. This photo shows a new ICBM during a military parade in Pyongyang on October 10, 2025. File Photo by KCNA/EPA
SEOUL, June 4 (UPI) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visited a newly inaugurated nuclear materials production facility and vowed to continue rapidly expanding Pyongyang's nuclear arsenal, state media reported Thursday.
"We have confirmed the order of priority for implementing the ambitious future plan designed to beef up our state's nuclear forces at an exponential rate," Kim said while touring the facility Wednesday, the official Korean Central News Agency reported.
The North Korean leader called the opening a "historic event that has set up an epochal milestone in rapidly upgrading our nuclear capabilities."
The report did not reveal the facility's location or other details. North Korea is believed to operate enrichment plants at three sites -- Yongbyon, Kangson and Kusong. Photos released by state media showed Kim walking with officials between rows of cylindrical centrifuges used to enrich uranium.
