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The Pyongsan Uranium Concentration Plant and its associated mine are North Korea’s only publicly acknowledged source of uranium yellowcake. [1] From this site, uranium yellowcake is reportedly sent either to the Yongbyon nuclear complex for conversion into fuel elements for…
Lyric of the week: Had to find some higher ground Had some fear to get around You can’t say what you don’t know Later on won’t work no more… [Chorus] Square one, my slate is clear Rest your head on…
Lyric of the week: I’m the jewel in the crown of the mighty Kings of Africa. I’m the hand on the shaft of the spear that slew the lion. I’m the soul clenched like a fist on the demon slave…
Recent satellite images obtained by Planet Labs shows construction activity at the suspected submarine training facility located at the North Korean city of Sinpo. As previously published in NK News, North Korea appears to have built a larger submarine training…
Lyric of the week: “Hey! Said my name is called Disturbance” – Rolling Stones, “Street Fighting Man” Strategic arms control has served us well. We have all been safer because of it. Starting from scratch with Richard Nixon and Leonid…
Quotes of the week: “These are the times that try men’s souls.” “To argue with a man who has renounced the use and authority of reason, and whose philosophy consists in holding humanity in contempt, is like administering medicine to…
Lyric of the week: “I was a freedom rider When we thought the South had won Virginia in the spring of ’61 I sat down on the Greyhound that was bound for Mississippi My mother asked me if that ride…
John Hudson and Paul Sonne at the Washington Post broke the story that Trump administration officials have discussed conducting additional nuclear tests in the United States. Jeffrey and Anne discuss why this is a bad idea, how this would disproportionately…
Turkey previously announced that its S400 air defense regiment would be activated and in service by the end of April, 2020, after its delivery from Russia in 2019. Since it is now May 2020, with no S400 deployment in sight,…
The Wall Street Journal reported that “China might be secretly conducting nuclear tests with very low explosive power” based on the State Department’s 2020 Annual Compliance Report, but that is not quite what the report actually says. Jeffrey and Anne…
