Foreign Media Arrive in North Korea To Witness Nuclear Shutdown

CNN's Will Ripley talks to the media after arriving at the airport to board a plane to North Korea in Beijing, China, May 22, 2018. Reuters/Thomas Peter

BEIJING—About two dozen journalists from Western and Chinese news organizations arrived in North Korea on Tuesday to witness the closure of its nuclear test site, an indication that the shutdown will go ahead amid renewed diplomatic uncertainty.

North Korea invited a handful of media to witness the dismantling of the Punggye-ri site this week but not technical experts, even though the United States has called for “a permanent and irreversible closure that can be inspected and fully accounted for.”