BEIJING: Foreign journalists headed to North Korea on Tuesday to watch the promised destruction of its nuclear test site, a move seen as a goodwill gesture before a planned summit with the United States. "Frankly a nuclear test site can be easily reassembled," Kim Hyun-wook, an expert at the Korea National Diplomatic Academy, told AFP. "But still, by dismantling it, North Korea is showing its willingness to not conduct nuclear tests at least for a while and signaling it has sufficient number of nuclear weapons," he added. Observers will be watching the nuclear test site destruction ceremony closely for any clues to the North's mood. Pyongyang previously said South Korean journalists would be allowed to attend this week's ceremony.

Source: Bangkok Post May 22, 2018 08:48 UTC