North Korea

: DPRK is the acronym for North Korea official name, the Democratic People Republic of Korea, according to Asahi Shimbun. The country often makes threats against the United States and South Korea. It marked the first acknowledgement since then that the plant, which has been the source of fissile material used in the country atomic weapons program, is operational, experts said. "All the nuclear facilities in Yongbyon including the uranium enrichment plant and 5 MW graphite-moderated reactor were rearranged, changed or readjusted and they started normal operation," KCNA news agency said, quoting the director of its atomic agency. "If the United States and other hostile forces persistently seek their reckless hostile policy toward the DPRK and behave mischievously, the DPRK is fully ready to cope with them with nuclear weapons any time," the director was quoted as saying. Innovations have been made to improve nuclear weapons "in quality and quantity as required by the prevailing situation," the director was quoted as saying. Recent satellite imagery of the Yongbyon complex indicated new activity at two areas there: the main reactor and a chemical laboratory, where spent fuel can be converted to fuel for nuclear arms, according to 38 North, a website run by the U.S.-Korea Institute at Johns Hopkins University. Late on Sept. 14, North Korea space agency said it was readying a new satellite for launch, indicating it may fire an upgraded long-range ballistic missile timed to a national anniversary next month. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.