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North Korea says it will suspend nuclear and missile tests, shut down test site

2018-04-21 09:56:34       source:The Washington Post

April 20, 2018


TOKYO -- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has declared that 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.


The surprising announcement comes just six days before Kim is set to meet South Korean President Moon Jae-in, a precursor to a historic summit between Kim and President Trump. The U.S. president is set to meet Kim at the end of May or beginning of June, although a location has not yet been set.


Both Moon and Trump have been saying that North Korea is now willing to “denuclearize,” a term that means different things to the two sides.


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