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00:00These images have never been seen before.
00:03They show Kim Jong-un inspecting uranium enrichment facilities.
00:08In this photo, high-speed centrifuges needed to manufacture nuclear weapons.
00:14According to this expert, Pyongyang wants to send a message to the United States.
00:19This facility shown right here is capable of producing about 20 to 25 kilograms of highly
00:25enriched uranium, which is 90% of the amount of HEU to create one nuclear bomb when it's
00:31operated for a year.
00:33Eventually the number of facilities that North Korea owns will be a very important measure
00:37of its nuclear capability."
00:42These photos were published on Friday by North Korea's official press agency, which did not
00:47say when or where they were taken.
00:50During his visit, the North Korean leader is said to have stressed the need to increase
00:55production exponentially, a prospect that is particularly worrying for its Japanese
01:00and South Korean neighbours.
01:02North Korea's illegal development of nuclear weapons is a violation of multiple UN Security
01:08Council resolutions and poses a serious threat to peace on the Korean peninsula.
01:13Under no circumstances will we or the international community accept North Korea's possession
01:18of nuclear weapons and Pyongyang must clearly recognise this.
01:22North Korea's nuclear weapons programs are under UN sanctions, but the country is ignoring
01:27these restrictions thanks in particular to the support of its Chinese and Russian allies.
01:32The publication of these photos comes just hours after the Secretary of Russia's Security
01:36Council, Sergei Shegu's visit to North Korea, further evidence of the relationship that
01:41has been building between Moscow and Pyongyang for the past two years.
01:46North Korea has already carried out six nuclear tests, the most recent in 2017.
01:51The next one could take place before the US presidential election.