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North Korea has continued to upgrade its only known nuclear reactor used to fuel its weapons program, satellite imagery has shown, despite ongoing negotiations with the US and a pledge to denuclearise.
Infrastructure improvements at the Yongbyon nuclear plant are "continuing at a rapid pace", according to an analysis by monitoring group 38 North of commercial satellite images taken on 21 June.
The cooling system for the plutonium production reactor has been modified and at least two new non-industrial buildings have been built on the site, possibly for use by visiting officials. A new engineering office building has been completed and construction has continued on support facilities throughout the complex, according to a blog post written by Frank V Pabian, Joseph S Bermudez Jr and Jack Liu.
"Infrastructure improvements continue at Yongbyon," Jenny Town, managing editor of 38 North, wrote on Twitter. "Underscores reason why an actual deal is necessary, not just a statement of lofty goals."
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/27/north-korea-nuclear-reactor-upgrades-summit-pledges
(Score: 4, Insightful) by DeathMonkey on Wednesday June 27 2018, @07:42PM (4 children)
If it fails it does in fact mean Trump is just as bad as Obama, Bush, Clinton, Bush the Elder, Reagan, etc...
Those guys all got NK to give up something in return for any concessions. Trump gave up valuable leverage in return for NK accelerating their program.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 27 2018, @08:39PM
It's called the art of the deal!
(Score: 4, Insightful) by digitalaudiorock on Wednesday June 27 2018, @09:49PM (2 children)
Yes...plus he gave Kim credibility by meeting with him in front of the entire world...something that previous presidents knew would gain nothing.
(Score: 2) by takyon on Wednesday June 27 2018, @11:16PM
Trump provided us with valuable Trump-Kim memes for our meme economy.
Their value will rise (temporarily) in the event of a nuclear conflict.
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(Score: 2) by realDonaldTrump on Thursday June 28 2018, @03:59AM
You show something to a baby, you hide the thing. And the baby forgets about that thing. Right away it forgets. Are we babies? We're not babies. Maybe some of us are babies. Or ostriches. You know what the ostrich does in the sand, right? Putting their heads in the sand when they don't want to see, have you heard that one?
Kim Jong Un is the Supreme Leader of his Country. As everybody knows. My predecessors didn't meet with him, didn't meet with his father, didn't meet with his grandfather. They were Supreme Leaders anyway -- except to the ostriches & babies. And the baby ostriches, obviously. We didn't make great deals. And we've had 68 years of war. I want to make a great deal. It's what I do. And the way I do it is, I meet the guy. Do the handshake. Talk. Have a delicious meal -- in Singapore we ate so much, we had chocolate tartlet and vanilla Haagen-Dazs for dessert. And I know we don't have a great deal yet. But we're making tremendous progress. Possibly we'll meet again. We can have cake for dessert, like I had with President Xi. Or pie. Maybe pie with ice cream on top, they call it a la mode. That one's always a winner. I always have two helpings of dessert. But pie a la mode, so many times I have three of that one. So many times.
And maybe you have a VERY SPECIAL way to make deals. Where you don't meet the guy. Where you pretend he doesn't exist. And maybe that works for you, frankly it sounds very dumb. It doesn't matter. Because I'm the President and you're not!!!