North Korea’s Kim Strikes Milder Tone on Nuclear Tests, Detainees
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While suspending testing, Kim Jong Un also hinted he doesn’t intend to give up his nuclear arsenal.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said his country would close its nuclear-test site and suspend long-range missile launches but hinted that he didn’t intend to give up his nuclear arsenal—at least not immediately.
The mixed message, delivered Saturday by North Korea’s state-run news agency, came as Mr. Kim prepares for a potential meeting with President Donald Trump and amid negotiations about North Korea releasing U.S. detainees.
Striking a conciliatory tone, Mr. Kim said halting nuclear testing “is an important process for the world-wide disarmament” and pledged that North Korea wouldn’t share its nuclear know-how with other countries “under any circumstances,” though he also added that exceptions could be made in the event of nuclear threats or provocations against the country. He also said North Korea wouldn’t use its nuclear weapons unless provoked.
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