BBC: Yongbyon: The heart of North Korea's nuclear programme
After the US-North Korea summit talks in Hanoi ended abruptly, President Donald Trump said his stumbling block with Kim Jong-un was over one key point: What North Korea would get in exchange for disabling its Yongbyon nuclear facility.
Yongbyon is the site that produces material that could be used in North Korea's nuclear weapons.
Long ahead of the Hanoi talks, rumours have swirled that Pyongyang could offer to shut Yongbyon, or parts of it, in exchange for sanctions relief.
Melissa Hanham, defence expert at One Earth Future, explains the notorious site which is the heart of North Korea's nuclear programme.
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Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- February 28, 2019
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