North Korea will immediately suspend nuclear and missile tests and abolish a nuclear test site in a bid to pursue economic growth and peace on the Korean peninsula, the North’s state media said on Saturday, ahead of planned summits with South Korea and the United States.



North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said his country no longer needed to conduct nuclear tests or intercontinental ballistic missile tests because it has completed its goal of developing nuclear weapons, the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said.

North Korea said that to create an “international environment favorable” for its economy, it would “facilitate close contact and active dialogue” with neighboring countries and the international community.

It marked the first time North Korea directly addressed its nuclear weapons programs and comes ahead of Kim’s planned summit with South Korean President Moon Jae-in next week and a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump in late May or early June.

“The northern nuclear test ground of the DPRK (Democratic People’s Republic of Korea) will be dismantled to transparently guarantee the discontinuance of the nuclear test,” KCNA said after Kim convened a plenary session of the Central Committee of the ruling Worker’s Party on Friday.

“We will concentrate all efforts on building a powerful socialist economy and markedly improving the standard of people’s living through the mobilization of all human and material resources of the country,” KCNA said.

North Korea Says Will Suspend Nuclear And Missile Tests , Abolish Test Site
Trump welcomed the statement and said he looked forward to a summit with Kim. “North Korea has agreed to suspend all Nuclear Tests and close up a major test site. This is very good news for North Korea and the World – big progress! Look forward to our Summit,” Trump said on Twitter.

South Korea said the North’s decision signified “meaningful” progress toward denuclearization of the Korean peninsula and would create favorable conditions for successful meetings with it and the United States.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said he welcomed North Korea’s statement but it must lead to verifiable denuclearization.

“This announcement is forward motion that I’d like to welcome,” Abe told reporters. “But what’s important is that this leads to complete, verifiable denuclearization. I want to emphasize this.”

The United States, Japan and South Korea have historically been the main targets of Pyongyang’s anger.

FEARS OF WAR

North Korea has defended its nuclear and missile programs as necessary deterrents against perceived U.S. hostility. It has conducted numerous missile tests, and last year it detonated its most powerful nuclear bomb.

The tests and escalating rhetoric between Trump and Kim raised fears of war until, in a New Year’s speech, the North Korean leader called for reduced military tensions. He later improved ties with South Korea and sent a delegation to the Winter Olympics in the South in February.


Nam Sung-wook, professor of North Korean Studies at Korea University in Seoul, said it could be considered “sensational” that Kim Jong Un personally declared plans to suspend nuclear development, but added that the North Korean leader’s remarks left a number of questions.

“It still does not seem clear if it means whether the North will just not pursue further development of its nuclear programs in the future, or whether they will completely shut down ‘all’ nuclear facilities. And what are they going to do with their existing nuclear weapons?” Nam said.

North Korea has expressed its commitment to “complete denuclearization” of the Korean peninsula and has not attached conditions, South Korean President Moon said on Thursday, but Washington has remained wary and vowed to maintain “maximum pressure” on Pyongyang.

The United States said on Thursday that in the run-up to Trump’s planned summit with Kim, countries should continue to put financial and diplomatic pressure on Pyongyang to surrender its banned nuclear weapons.

U.N. Security Council sanctions imposed on North Korea after its first nuclear test in 2006 and extended over the past decade have aimed to deny North Korea a considerable amount of international trade.

The North Korean ruling party’s plenary meeting on Friday was convened to discuss “policy issues of a new stage” to meet the demands of the current “important historic period,” KCNA said.


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Why giving us two contrasting news? Na WA oh.

oh wow so he finally bends to pressure

wount be surprised if Russia follows suit if after a while notice NK's economy is booming than theirs

President Trump is on the verge of making History - something his predecessors weren't able to achieve instead handled it with kid's glove. Whether he ends up getting the credit won't matter but you can't deny his methods, however unpopular, is working. It is called the mad man strategy - Get tough, pile on the pressure as much as you can, then watch the cookies crumble, simple.

heendrix:
oh wow so he finally bends to pressure

wount be surprised if Russia follows suit if after a while notice NK's economy is booming than theirs

Your brain dey function so?

obixcel:
President Trump is on the verge of making History - something his predecessors weren't able to achieve instead handled it with kid's glove. Whether he ends up getting the credit won't matter but you can't deny his methods, however unpopular, is working. It is called the mad man strategy - Get tough, pile on the pressure as much as you can, then watch the cookies crumble, simple.

Obi The village clown always making himself look stupid. Your independence is loading courtesy of Trump the racist. Unfortunately for you and your ilks, he hasn't said a word about your independence after a year of him being the president.

seunny4lif:

Your brain dey function so?

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This is a fake news, the only deterrence that will stop USA and NATO from invading north Korea is the nuclear bomb,without the nuclear bomb not even the Chinese military will stand the might of the US military and NATO