{"id":52992,"date":"2018-04-29T13:47:57","date_gmt":"2018-04-29T13:47:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/04\/29\/seoul-north-koreas-kim-vows-to-shut-nuke-test-site-in-may\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T10:43:00","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T10:43:00","slug":"seoul-north-koreas-kim-vows-to-shut-nuke-test-site-in-may","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/flashpoints\/2018\/04\/29\/seoul-north-koreas-kim-vows-to-shut-nuke-test-site-in-may\/","title":{"rendered":"Seoul: North Korea\u2019s Kim vows to shut nuke test site in May"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SEOUL, South Korea \u2014 North Korean leader <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2018\/04\/27\/kim-jong-un-makes-history-crosses-border-to-meet-his-rival\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">Kim Jong Un<\/a> has vowed to shut down his country\u2019s nuclear test site in May and disclose the process to experts and journalists from South Korea and the United States, Seoul\u2019s presidential office said Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kim also told South Korean President Moon Jae-in during their historic summit on Friday that the North would have no need to keep nuclear weapons if Washington commits to formally ending the 1950-53 Korean War and signs a non-aggression pact with Pyongyang, the presidential Blue House said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While there are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2018\/04\/27\/mattis-north-korea-will-need-to-build-trust-as-peace-agreement-advances\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">lingering questions<\/a> about whether North Korea will ever decide to fully relinquish its nukes as it heads into <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2018\/04\/24\/in-big-shift-trump-assesses-kim-jong-un-as-very-honorable\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">negotiations with the United States<\/a>, Kim\u2019s comments qualify as the North\u2019s most specific acknowledgement yet that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2018\/04\/22\/trump-says-north-korea-agreed-to-denuclearize-it-hasnt\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">denuclearization would constitute surrendering its weapons<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Seoul, which shuttled between Pyongyang and Washington to broker talks between Kim and President Donald Trump that are expected in May or June, has said Kim has expressed genuine interest in dealing away his nuclear weapons. But there has been skepticism because North Korea for decades has been pushing a concept of \u201cdenuclearization\u201d that bears no resemblance to the American definition, vowing to pursue nuclear development unless Washington removes its troops and the nuclear umbrella defending South Korea and Japan.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/flashpoints\/2018\/04\/22\/road-to-north-koreas-denuclearization-is-littered-with-failure\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"176\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP18111355411423.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Road to North Korea\u2019s denuclearization is littered with failure<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">While Seoul and Washington welcomed Pyongyang\u2019s declaration on Saturday to suspend further intercontinental ballistic missile tests and shut down its nuclear test site, the past is littered with failure.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The closure of the nuclear test site would be a dramatic but likely symbolic event to set up Kim\u2019s summit with Trump. North Korea already announced this month that it has suspended all tests of nuclear devices and intercontinental ballistic missiles and plans to close its nuclear testing ground.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During their summit at a border truce village, Moon and Kim promised to work toward the \u201ccomplete denuclearization\u201d of the Korean Peninsula, but made no references to verification or timetables.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kim also expressed optimism about his meeting with Trump, saying the president will learn he\u2019s not one to fire missiles toward the United States, Moon\u2019s spokesman Yoon Young-chan said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOnce we start talking, the United States will know that I am not a person to launch nuclear weapons at South Korea, the Pacific or the United States,\u201d Kim said, according to Yoon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf we maintain frequent meetings and build trust with the United States and receive promises for an end to the war and a non-aggression treaty, then why would we need to live in difficulty by keeping our nuclear weapons?\u201d Yoon quoted Kim as saying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"730\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP18119096179200.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-96058\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP18119096179200.jpg.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP18119096179200.jpg.jpg?resize=300,214 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP18119096179200.jpg.jpg?resize=768,548 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">In this April 27, 2018, file photo, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, left, and South Korean President Moon Jae-in shake hands after signing a joint statement at the border village of Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone, South Korea. (Korea Summit Press Pool via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Adam Mount, a senior defense analyst at the Federation of American Scientists, said Kim\u2019s comments were significant because they\u2019re his most explicit acknowledgement yet that denuclearization means surrendering his nuclear weapons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cQuestions remain about whether Kim will agree to discuss other nuclear technology, fissile material and missiles. However, they imply a phased process with reciprocal concessions,\u201d Mount said in an email. \u201cIt is not clear that the Trump administration will accept that kind of protracted program.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kim reacted to skepticism that the North would be closing down only the northernmost test tunnel at the site in Punggye-ri, which some analysts say became too unstable to conduct further underground detonations following the country\u2019s sixth and most powerful nuclear test in September. In his conversation with Moon, Kim denied that he would be merely clearing out damaged goods, saying the site also has two new tunnels that are larger than previous testing facilities, Yoon said.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/flashpoints\/2018\/04\/18\/us-forces-in-korea-arent-packing-up-just-yet-heres-why\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"157\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-927755548.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">US forces in Korea aren\u2019t packing up just yet. Here\u2019s why.<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Any peace deal with North Korea is unlikely to have an immediate impact on the 23,000 U.S. troops deployed on the peninsula.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some analysts see Moon\u2019s agreement with Kim at the summit as a disappointment, citing the lack of references to verification and time frames and also the absence of a definition on what would constitute as a \u201ccomplete\u201d denuclearization of the peninsula.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But Patrick McEachern, a former State Department analyst currently with the Washington-based Wilson Center, said it was still meaningful that Moon extracted a commitment from Kim to complete denuclearization, which marked a significant change from Kim\u2019s previous public demand to expand his nuclear arsenal quantitatively and qualitatively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe public conversation should now shift from speculation on whether North Korea would consider denuclearization to how South Korea and the United States can advance this denuclearization pledge in concrete steps in light of North Korea\u2019s reciprocal demands for concrete steps toward an eventual peace agreement,\u201d McEachern said in an email.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">North Korea has invited the outside world to witness the dismantling of its nuclear facilities before. In June 2008, international broadcasters were allowed to air the demolishing of a cooling tower at the Nyongbyon reactor site, a year after the North reached an agreement with the U.S. and four other nations to disable its nuclear facilities in return for an aid package worth about $400 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But the deal eventually collapsed after North Korea refused to accept U.S.-proposed verification methods, and the country went on to conduct its second nuclear test detonation in May 2009.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yoon said Kim also revealed plans to sync its time zone with South Korea\u2019s. The Koreas had used the same time zone for decades before the North created its own \u201cPyongyang Time\u201d in 2015 by setting the clock 30 minutes behind South Korea and Japan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yoon said the North\u2019s decision to return to Seoul\u2019s time zone was aimed at facilitating communication with South Korea and the United States.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has vowed to shut down his country\u2019s nuclear test site in May and disclose the process to experts and journalists from South Korea and the United States, Seoul\u2019s presidential office said 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