North Korea's Kim Jong-un inspects nuclear facility, increasing pressure on US and South Korea

Kim visited the nuclear material production base and the Nuclear Weapons Institute, according to state media.

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00:00North Korean leader Kim Jong-un inspected a facility that produces nuclear material

00:06and has called for the bolstering of the country's nuclear fighting capability.

00:10Local media on Wednesday reported that Kim visited the nuclear material production base

00:15and the Nuclear Weapons Institute.

00:18It didn't say where those facilities are located, but North Korean forces of Kim's visit indicated

00:24that he likely visited a uranium enrichment facility.

00:27The latest comes as North Korea looks to increase pressure on the United States following the

00:32inauguration of Donald Trump.

00:34During a recent Fox News interview broadcast, Trump called Kim a smart guy.

00:39He has also said he's willing to talk to Kim again to revive diplomacy.

00:44Many analysts view North Korean weapons moves as part of a strategy to win sanctions relief

00:49and political concessions from the U.S.

00:52In 2018, a top South Korean official told parliament that North Korea was estimated

00:58to have already manufactured between 20 to 60 nuclear weapons, but some experts have

01:04said Pyongyang likely has more than 100.