North Korea Closing Nuclear Test Sites In May
North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un has said that he will be shutting down his nuclear test site in May, and has invited experts and journalists from South Korea and the United States to witness it.
South Korean President Moon Jae-in’s spokseman said that Kim made these comments during a summit on Friday, at the demilitarized zone between North and South Korea. This comes after Kim Jong Un became the first North Korean leader to step foot into South Korean territory since the Korean War ended in 1953. Kim also told Moon during the summit that he had no intention of targeting the South or the US with nuclear weapons.
“The United States, though inherently hostile to North Korea, will get to know once our talk begins that I am not the kind of person who will use nuclear weapons against the South or the United States across the Pacific,” Kim was quoted as saying “There is no reason for us to possess nuclear weapons … if mutual trust with the United States is built through frequent meetings from now on, and an end to the war and non-aggression are promised.”
President Moon welcomed Kim’s decision to publicly close the nuclear testing facility, with Kim denying claims from Chinese scientists that part of the site may be unusable after being badly damaged by explosions. Kim was quoted as saying “Some claim we are closing down an unusable test site, but if they come and see, they will understand that there are two bigger tunnels than the existing test facilities and that they are in a very good condition.”
According to reports, US President Donald Trump is meeting with Kim within three to four weeks.
