Yongbyon: North Korean nuclear complex and one of the sticking points in Hanoi

The future of North Korea's decades-old Yongbyon nuclear complex was one of the sticking points that sparked deadlock between leader Kim Jong Un and US President Donald Trump at their second summit in Hanoi. Pyongyang offered to "completely dismantle" its nuclear production facilities in the presence of US experts if Washington lifted some sanctions "that hamper the civilian economy and the livelihood of our people", the North's Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho told reporters in a surprise late-night briefing. Yongbyon has long been at the heart of Pyongyang's atomic development programme, but remains shrouded in secrecy.

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