North Korea does not accept South Korean media outlets for visit of nuclear site event
North Korea has declined to accept a list of South Korean journalists hoping to observe the closure of its nuclear test site
This is raising new questions about the North’s commitment to reducing tension.
North Korea had invited a limited number of journalists from South Korea and other countries to witness what it said will be the closing of its only nuclear weapons test site at Punggye-ri next week.
The North Korean offer to scrap the test site has been seen as major concession in months of easing tension between it, on the one hand, and South Korea and the United States on the other.
But the remarkable progress appears to have been checked in recent days with North Korea raising doubts about an unprecedented June 12 summit in Singapore between leader Kim Jong Un and U.S. President Donald Trump, and calling off talks with the South.
Published: by Radio NewsHub