North Korea to Close Nuclear Test Site in May, Unify Time Zone

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) —
South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attend a banquet at the Peace House in the truce village of Panmunjom inside the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas, South Korea, Friday. (Korea Summit Press Pool/Pool via Reuters)

Seoul says North Korean leader Kim Jong Un plans to shut down the country’s nuclear test site in May and reveal the process to experts and journalists from the United States and South Korea.

Seoul’s presidential spokesman Yoon Young-chan said Sunday Kim made the comments during his summit with South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Friday.

Yoon says Kim also said President Donald Trump will learn he’s “not a person” to fire missiles toward the United States. The Kim-Trump meeting is anticipated in May or June.

Yoon says North Korea also plans to re-adjust its current time zone to match the South’s. The North in 2015 created its own “Pyongyang Time” by setting the clock 30 minutes behind the South.

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