Days after reporting that Defense Intelligence Agency analysts suspect that North Korea has built a dozen nuclear weapons since President Trump met with Kim Jong Un last year, the Wall Street Journal on Saturday issued a correction that changed the story dramatically.
“A previous version of this article incorrectly stated that analysts at the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency said North Korea could have produced 12 nuclear weapons since the Trump-Kim handshake in Singapore in June 2018,” the paper amended to the Friday article.
In addition to adding the correction, the Wall Street Journal also deleted the paragraph that read, “Analysts at the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency say North Korea’s scientists may have produced 12 nuclear weapons since the first Trump-Kim meeting in Singapore last year. In total, Pyongyang could currently possess between 20 and 60 nuclear bombs, according to estimates by various security analysts.”
The sources for the story are instead described as analysts from a non-government agency.
Trump has emphasized Kim’s claim that he would no longer continue his nuclear program. The isolated country recently fired long-range missiles into the Sea of Japan as what it described as “a solemn warning” against South Korea.
