North Korea`s Nuclear Program Is More Advanced Than Iran`s

The South Korean Navy amphibious landing ship ROKS Dokdo is underway in the Sea of Japan with the guided-missile destroyers USS Lassen and USS Chung-Hoon, July 27, 2010. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Adam K. Thomas

North Korean Nuclear Ability Seen To Far Outpace Iran’s -- New York Times

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration has concluded that North Korea’s new plant to enrich nuclear fuel uses technology that is “significantly more advanced” than what Iran has struggled over two decades to assemble, according to senior administration and intelligence officials.

In carefully worded public comments in recent days, both senior American and South Korean officials have also argued that the the new plant, a facility shown to a Stanford University expert last month, could not have been constructed so quickly unless there was a sophisticated network of other secret sites — and perhaps a fully running uranium enrichment plant — elsewhere in the country.

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More News On North Korea`s Nuclear Program

North Korea 'enriching weapons-grade uranium at a number of sites' -- The Telegraph
Fears rise over other N Korea nuclear sites -- Financial Times
Reports Suggest Additional N. Korea Nuclear Facilities -- Voice of America
NKorea has at least one other uranium enrichment site: US -- AFP
North Korea has at least one other uranium site, US says -- BBC
Seoul, Washington Suspect More N.Korean Uranium Sites -- Chosun Ilbo
S.Korea suspects secret uranium enrichment in North -- AFP
Russia worried about N.Korea's nuclear activities -- AFP
Lavrov Says Russia Concerned About North Korea Nuclear Program -- Radio Free Europe
South Korean army chief quits as scale of North's nuclear ambition emerges -- The Guardian
North Korea-Iran Nuclear Cooperation -- Interview at The Council Of Foreign Relations
Factbox: North Korea's nuclear program -- Reuters