North Korea boosting capacity for atomic arms

SEOUL: Nuclear-armed North Korea has started operating a new plant inside its uranium enrichment complex, boosting its capacity to generate fuel that could be used to make atomic weapons, a report said on Wednesday.

“Infrared cameras used by South Korean and US intelligence authorities have detected heat that was emitted when gas centrifuges in the new plant began operating,” the Joongang Ilbo daily quoted an unnamed official in charge of handling North Korean intelligence.