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Will Kim give up N Korea's nuclear crown jewel Yongbyon at Trump summit?

A deal to shutter Yongbyon would represent Trump's first tangible victory toward reducing Kim's nuclear capacity since he granted an unprecedented meeting last June

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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un with US President Donald Trump at the Singapore Summit | Photo: Reuters

Youkyung Lee and Jon Herskovitz | Bloomberg
For much of the past four decades, North Korea’s nuclear ambitions have focused on a sprawling complex nestled in the mountains north of Pyongyang. All of that could come to an end after President Donald Trump and leader Kim Jong Un meet next week.

The dismantlement of the Yongbyon Nuclear Scientific Research Center has emerged in recent months as a potential outcome from a second summit between the leaders planned for Feb. 27-28 in Vietnam. Moon Chung-in, a special adviser to South Korea’s president, told Bloomberg last week that Kim had agreed to close the plant and allow inspectors -- possibly

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