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: 2) by realDonaldTrump on Thursday June 28 2018, @04:14AM
Believe me, I'm going to end the Korean War. We'll have a tremendous deal on Korea. I'm going to get that Nobel Peace Prize.
Another for peace in Israel -- I'm making big progress there, I moved the embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. Our embassy is in Jerusalem, which everybody knows is the capital (everybody but the ostriches & babies). But we still have a branch office in Tel Aviv. Same building, it's not the embassy anymore, it's the branch office.
And the Middle East, ISIS (Crooked Hillary & Obama creation) is on the run. They're losing very badly. Syria, they have a Gas Killing Animal who kills his people and enjoys it. I moved very strongly against him. Another Nobel Peace Prize, I'm going to have three. One for each of my White Houses -- Washington, Bedminster and Mar-A-Lago!!!