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Kim Jong Un Pledges To Shut Down Main Nuclear Test Site In May, South Korea Says

North Korea's leader told South Korea's president he would invite security experts and journalists to the site. South Korea's president also spoke with President Trump about a U.S.-North Korea summit.
North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un and South Korea's President Moon Jae-in walk on a bridge at the truce village of Panmunjom Friday. South Korea says Kim told Moon of the plan to shut the test site.

North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un said the country will close down its main nuclear testing site sometime in May, South Korea says.

South Korean presidential press secretary Yoon Young-chan said Sunday that Kim agreed to the plan during a meeting between the leader and South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Friday.

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