DPRK to shut nuke test site next month

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Kim Jong-un, top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, has said his country will close its main nuclear test site in May, according to the Blue House, the presidential office of the Republic of Korea, on Sunday.

Yoon Young-chan, senior press secretary for ROK President Moon Jae-in, said that during the Friday summit, Kim told Moon that he will shut down the nuclear test site, which will be done transparently to the international world.