Late North Korean Leader Wanted A Huge Nuclear Arsenal

Late North Korean leader Kim Jong-il is pictured in this undated photo released by the North's KCNA, December 28, 2011. Reuters

North Korean Leader Ordered Uranium Bomb Work -- The Telegraph

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il ordered his scientists to produce "a massive amount" of uranium bombs, according to internal regime documents, reports in Japan said Monday.

The instruction was revealed in papers believed to have been compiled in February this year for senior officials of the ruling Workers' Party, the Mainichi Shimbun and Tokyo Shimbun said.

Pyongyang has long maintained that it was enriching uranium solely for the purpose of power generation, despite widespread suspicion in the outside world.

But the document, detailing domestic and foreign policies, said Kim Jong-Il - who died in December - ordered the production of nuclear weapons using both uranium and plutonium.

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Kim Jong-Il ordered uranium bombs -- The Australian
Kim Jong-il ordered mass production of uranium bombs: papers -- Yonhap News
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