North Korea, like Iran, may have dealt with black market suppliers to set up a uranium enrichment plant, a report from the UN nuclear agency claims.
According to the confidential report by the International Atomic Energy Agency made available to AP, the layout of equipment for the plant in Yongbyon is "broadly consistent" with designs sold by a "clandestine supply network" led by Pakistani nuclear scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan. The observation was made by American scientist Siegfried Hecker, who was invited to inspect the facility last year.
| Gosh, how very unexpected, to be sure. |
The report said the purchases were likely made before the Khan network was dismantled in 2003
| As opposed to afterward. No time machines there, quite obviously. |
and added it has information suggesting that the North bought other enrichment-related technology from the same black market network. |