Seoul: 'North Korea to Dismantle Main Nuclear Test Site in May'

South Korea's government has confirmed that North Korea will dismantle the Punggyeri nuclear test site in May, according to Yonhap.

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The test site will be dismantled publicly and transparently, and experts from South Korea and the United States will be able to inspect the process.

The confirmation follows the historic summit between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his South Korean counterpart Moon Jae-in, during which the two Koreas agreed to work toward peace and the formal end of the Korean War.

According to the official statement, "South and North Korea affirmed their shared objective of achieving a nuclear-free Korean Peninsula through complete denuclearization." The North has suggested a "phased and synchronized" process.

Kim has said that his country will denuclearize and work toward peaceful socialist economic development, so long as non-aggression and the end of war can be agreed upon with the United States.

According to Yonhap, Kim said on Saturday that if the United States formally ends war and promises non-aggression, nuclear weapons will be unnecessary.

The Punggyeri test site is located near the northeast coast of the peninsula, and is where the sixth successful nuclear test was held in September of 2017.