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North Korea's nuclear arsenal complete, Kim Jong-Un nixes missile tests

'I solemnly declare that we have accomplished credible weaponization of nuclear forces,' Kim was quoted as saying

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Kanga Kong and Shinhye Kang | Bloomberg
North Korea has achieved its goal of developing a nuclear arsenal and is suspending further tests of atomic weapons or intercontinental ballistic missiles, its state-run media reported, citing leader Kim Jong Un.

Kim said the nuclear test site in North Korea’s north will be closed, according to the Korean Central News Agency. Punggye-ri, built in a secluded mountain valley northeast of Pyongyang and the site for all six of the regime’s nuclear blasts, has already been in doubt amid signs of structural weakness, and some observers have said it would be unsafe to do more tests there.

“I solemnly declare

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