North Korea Shuts Down Its Only Nuclear Test Site as Trump Celebrates Progress

North Korea Shuts Down Its Only Nuclear Test Site as Trump Celebrates Progress
FILE PHOTO: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un meets scientists and technicians in the field of researches into nuclear weapons in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang March 9, 2016. REUTERS/KCNA/File Photo
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SEOUL-North Korea said on Saturday it would immediately suspend nuclear and missile tests, scrap its nuclear test site and instead pursue economic growth and peace, ahead of planned summits with South Korea and the United States.

President Donald Trump spearheaded an international effort to pressure the communist regime to abandon its nuclear weapons program. He sent a celebratory tweet shortly after the news became public.