South Korean President Moon Jae-in is requesting United Nations officials to monitor the planned shutdown of North Korea's key nuclear test site at Punggye-ri.

North Korea promised last week to dismantle the site to “transparently guarantee” its dramatic commitment to stop all nuclear and missile tests. 

In a phone call with UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres Tuesday, President Moon requested UN monitors and asked that the UN Security Council or the UN General Assembly endorse the inter-Korean agreements he reached with Kim Jong-un at Friday's Panmunjeom summit.

Moon also requested UN cooperation in turning the demilitarized zone(DMZ) between the two Koreas into what the Panmunjeom Declaration designates as a peace zone. 

 

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