(UPDATE) SEOUL — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visited a uranium enrichment facility and cited the need to produce more weapons-grade material for nuclear bombs, state media KCNA reported on Friday.

The report on Kim's visit to the Nuclear Weapons Institute and a production base for weapon-grade nuclear materials was accompanied by photos giving a rare glimpse inside North Korea's nuclear program, which is banned under multiple United Nations Security Council resolutions.

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