Tuesday, November 18, 2025 | 08:51 AM ISTहिंदी में पढें
Business Standard
Notification Icon
userprofile IconSearch

Kim Jong-un pledges to shut main nuke site in May, invites media to witness

Kim told President Moon Jae-in that Trump will learn at their meeting that North Korea has no intention of using its nuclear arsenal toward South or the Pacific or to target US

Kim Jong Un, Moon jae-in, north korea, south korea, Korean summit
premium

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, left, poses with South Korean President Moon Jae-in for a photo inside the Peace House at the border village of Panmunjom in Demilitarized Zone | PTI\AP Photo

Kanga Kong & Jennifer Epstein | Bloomberg
North Korea leader Kim Jong Un has promised to close his main nuclear weapons test site in May and said he will invite South Korean and American media to witness the shutdown.

Ahead of an historic meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump expected within the next three to four weeks, Kim told South Korea’s president that two tunnels at the nuclear test site are still in good condition, playing down international speculation that the site was so badly damaged by nuclear explosions that it can no longer be used. Kim’s pledges to Moon at their historic summit on Friday were