Trump … American expert Kim Jong-un loved to appear “may be a sign of nuclear development”

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un attends the completion ceremony for the Sunni fertilizer plant in Pyeongannam-do, as he watches his younger sister, Kim Yeo-jung, deputy director of the Labor Party (left).[노동신문=뉴스1]

North Korean Prime Minister Kim Jong-un appeared at the completion ceremony for the Suncheon Fertilizer Factory in North Korea on 20, but President Trump said on 1 (local time) that he would not have to mention it yet, “I will have something to say at the right time. ” However, US experts and the media noted the possibility that the Suncheon Fertilizer Plant was involved in nuclear development because it is a dual-use facility associated with North Korea’s secret uranium enrichment program.

President Trump asked a question about Kim Jong-un’s appearance at the Suncheon Fertilizer Factory before leaving for the Camp David villa for the day’s weekend. “I wish I hadn’t mentioned Kim Jong-un yet,” he said. I have something to say “.

He repeatedly avoided the immediate response and said, “I don’t want to talk about it,” despite repeated questions about whether President Kim Jong-un is alive or can at least say yes. Since President Kim disappeared from the public after the Labor Party political meeting on 11 of last month and appeared on 20, it is understood that he will reveal his position after sufficient analysis.

President Trump’s question came just 40 minutes after public media such as North Korea’s Chosun Central Broadcasting and Labor News revealed that President Kim attended the completion ceremony for the Suncheon fertilizer plant on May 1.

On Day 2, Chosun Central Communications announced that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un attended the Suncheon Fertilizer Plant completion ceremony on Day 1. To the right of President Kim, Prime Minister Kim Jae-ryong and Vice President Park Bong-joo of the Labor Party are holding their notebooks.[연합뉴스]

President Trump said on the 30th of last month the day before: “I know what is happening in North Korea, but I just want everything to go well.” At the same time, he said, “I can’t tell you now.”

The White House and Pentagon also declined to comment on why President Kim was stealing for 20 days and the issue of choosing the Suncheon Fertilizer Plant as the first site of public activity.

An informed source said: “President Kim observed his death shock for 20 days and attended the completion ceremony for the Suncheon fertilizer plant, which is suspected to be a uranium enrichment facility, and showed the construction materials.” . I need this “.

The Suncheon Infertilizer Plant was interpreted by a US expert to be a dual-use facility that could be used by both civilians and the military and was suspected of being associated with North Korea’s secret uranium enrichment program, which may have indicated that would accelerate nuclear development.

“The Suncheon Infertilizer Plant held an innovative ceremony between the two North Korean Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) test launches in July 2017,” said a researcher with the Nonproliferation Center at the Margaret Croy Middlebury International Research Center. Once removed, the completion of the Suncheon Infertilizer Plant will allow for full removal. “

This is because it is possible to extract uranium through phosphoric acid in the process of producing agricultural fertilizers. Suncheon has a separate uranium mine.

The Middlebury International Research Center said in a report on North Korea’s dual-use facility: Phosphate Fertilizer Plant on 6 last month, “North Korea is one of the countries that has successfully mined uranium as part of the phosphate fertilizer production process. ” “It is directly related to how many nuclear warheads we can make.”

The report also estimated that North Korea could only produce 3,800 kg of uranium trioxide (U3O8) per year at the Nampo and Munpyeong facilities, respectively.

Washington = Hyosik Jeong correspondent [email protected]