BloombergNorth Korea has promised to destroy all of its facilities for making fuel for nuclear bombs, a top US negotiator said, in a sign that US President Donald Trump is seeking clearer disarmament steps from his upcoming summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. North Korea has committed “to the dismantlement and destruction” of all its uranium and plutonium-enrichment facilities in talks with US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo and South Korean leaders, US Special Representative for North Korea Stephen Biegun said in a speech on Thursday. The pledge goes beyond the Yongbyon Nuclear Scientific Research Center, which Kim has previously offered to demolish, Biegun said at Stanford University in California. “This complex of sites extending beyond Yongbyon represents the totality of the North Korean plutonium-reprocessing and uranium-enrichment programs,” Biegun said. He added that North Korea wanted the US to take “corresponding measures” — which he would discuss with North Korean officials in upcoming talks.

Source: Taipei Times February 01, 2019 15:56 UTC