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Kim invites US to see closure of N-test site
There are lingering questions about whether North Korea will ever decide to fully relinquish its nukes.
- PUBLISHED: Sun 29 Apr 2018, 10:00 PM UPDATED: Mon 30 Apr 2018, 12:57 AM
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- AP
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has vowed to shut down his country's nuclear test site in May and disclose the process to experts and journalists from South Korea and the United States, Seoul's presidential office said on Sunday.
Kim also told South Korean President Moon Jae-in during their historic summit on Friday that the North would have no need to keep nuclear weapons if Washington commits to formally ending the 1950-53 Korean War and signs a non-aggression pact with Pyongyang, the presidential Blue House said.
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While there are lingering questions about whether North Korea will ever decide to fully relinquish its nukes as it heads into negotiations with the United States, Kim's comments qualify as the North's most specific acknowledgement yet that denuclearization would constitute surrendering its weapons.