North Korean leader suspends nuclear and missile tests, shuts down test site. TOKYO — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has declared he will suspend nuclear and missile tests starting Saturday, and that he will shut down the site where the previous six nuclear tests were conducted. Source 2x.
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North Korea will close main nuclear test site, South says
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un told South Korean President Moon Jae-in that he will close his main nuclear test site in May and invite experts and journalists from the United States and South Korea into the country soon, a senior spokesman for Moon said Sunday.
Pyongyang will also change its time zone by half an hour to align it with Seoul time, Yoon Young-chan told reporters during a briefing Sunday.
Yoon said Kim had made the announcements during his historic meeting on Friday with Moon at the demilitarized zone between the two countries.
Sunday's announcement from Seoul came after US President Donald Trump suggested that his highly anticipated summit with Kim could come as soon as "The next three or four weeks." Ref. CNN.
North Korea details plans to dismantle nuclear test site. Pyongyang pledges to blow up tunnels and block entryways to its nuclear testing ground and invites international journalists to watch.
The announcement, by the Ministry of Foreing Affairs as reported by state news agency KCNA, comes a day after North Korea said it would no longer carry out unannounced missile tests or other activites that put flights at risk, according to a UN agency. Ref. CNN.