Muna Kubvumbi 2009, mishumo yakaratidza kuti North Korea yave "simba renyukireya rakakwana", pfungwa yakagovaniswa neInternational Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Mohamed ElBaradei. Musi waMay 25, 2009, North Korea yakaita bvunzo yechipiri yenyukireya, zvichikonzera kuputika kunofungidzirwa kuva pakati pe2 ne7 kilotons. Muedzo wa2009, kufanana nemuedzo wa2006, unofungidzirwa kuti wakaitika paMantapsan, Kilju County, kuchamhembe kwakadziva kumabvazuva kweNorth Korea. Izvi zvakawanikwa nekudengenyeka kwakaitika panzvimbo yekuyedza. Muna Kukadzi 2012, North Korea yakazivisa kuti yaizomisa uranium kuYongbyon Nuclear Scientific Research Center uye kusaenderera mberi nekuyedza zvombo zvenyukireya panguva yekudzokorora kwekugadzira hurukuro dzinosanganisira United States. Izvi zvaisanganisira chibvumirano chenguva refu pamusoro pekubuda kwemishonga yemishonga yemishonga. IAEA yakaburitsa chibvumirano chekubvumidza North Korea kuburitsa zvombo zvenyukireya, zvichikonzera kuputika kunofungidzirwa kunofung
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