North Korea closes nuclear sites and suspends missile tests

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Kim Jong-un, Leader of North Korea, announced plans to stop Korea`s nuclear and missile tests as well as close locations of nuclear sites. 

South Korea’s Yonhap news agency quoted North Korean state media as saying on Saturday, saying “from April 21, North Korea will stop nuclear tests and launches of intercontinental ballistic missiles”

“The North will shut down a nuclear test site in the country’s northern side to prove the vow to suspend nuclear test,” North Korea’s official KCNA news agency said, according to Yonhap.

The news comes amid a flurry of diplomatic efforts by North Korea to improve ties with its neighbors, chiefly South Korea.