South Korea's Moon Asks UN To Verify North's Nuclear Test Site Shutdown

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Authors: TheIndianSubcontinent News AgencyThe North had promised to dismantle its Punggye-ri nuclear test before the historic meeting
(File)SEOUL:   South Korean President Moon Jae-in has asked the United Nations to help verify North Korea's
planned shutdown of its nuclear test site, South Korea's Yonhap news agency said Tuesday.Moon made the request in a phone call Tuesday with
U.N
Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, Yonhap reported.Several days before Friday's historic summit between Moon and North Korea's Kim Jong Un,
the North had promised to dismantle its Punggye-ri nuclear test site to "transparently guarantee" its dramatic commitment to stop all
nuclear and missile tests.© Thomson Reuters 2018(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by staff and is published from a
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