North Korea Has Suspended Nuclear And Missile Testing (Updated)

New York Times: North Korean Leader Says ‘We No Longer Need’ Nuclear or Missile Tests

SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-un, announced early Saturday that his country no longer needed to test nuclear weapons or missiles and would close a nuclear test site.

“The nuclear test site has done its job,” Mr. Kim said in an announcement carried by North Korea’s state media.

Mr. Kim’s announcement came days in advance of a planned summit meeting with South Korea’s President Moon Jae-in and later with President Trump.

It was the second time in two days that Mr. Kim made what appeared to be a significant concession to the United States but in reality cemented the status quo. North Korea already had stopped testing its weapons.

Mr. Kim made no mention in the latest announcement of dismantling the nuclear weapons and long-range missiles North Korea has already built. On the contrary, he suggested he was going to keep them.

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