The US president greeted the news in a tweet: “This is very good news for North Korea and the World – big progress!”Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) North Korea has agreed to suspend all Nuclear Tests and close up a major test site. This is very good news for North Korea and the World - big progress! North Korea has conducted all six of its nuclear tests at Punggye-ri test site in the country’s north-east. “This is not the time for Japan, the United States and the international community to ease pressure” on North Korea, Onodera said. Catherine Dill, a senior research associate at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey, said a promise to end missile and nuclear tests “does not equate to the dismantlement of the nuclear and missile programmes”.

Source: The Guardian April 20, 2018 22:25 UTC