North Korea Announces End To Nuclear Missile Tests

Agence France-Presse reports:

North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un has announced he will suspend nuclear and missile tests and shut a nuclear test site, Yonhap news agency said on Saturday (April 20). “From April 21, North Korea will stop nuclear tests and launches of intercontinental ballistic missiles,” Yonhap quoted North Korean state media as saying. “The North will shut down a nuclear test site in the country’s northern side to prove the vow to suspend nuclear test,” the official KCNA news agency said, according to Yonhap.

Trump and Pompeo will likely take credit shortly.

BREAKING: North Korea says it has suspended nuclear and long-range missile tests, plans to close nuclear test site.

— The Associated Press (@AP) April 20, 2018

North Korea: No need for more missile tests https://t.co/bYoTW3SMRm

— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) April 20, 2018

Breaking: #NorthKorea suspends nuclear and missile tests, shutting nuclear test site ahead of Kim-Trump summit – NK State media

— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) April 20, 2018