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Kim Jong Un to visit Seoul, close Tongchang-ri missile testing facility

Leaders of two Koreas also agree to boost economic cooperation, take steps to reduce tension

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will visit the South Korean capital “in the near future” and will take tentative steps to close a missile and testing site, ROK President Moon Jae-in said on Wednesday.

In a joint statement following the signing of a new inter-Korean agreement, the South Korean President said the two sides had agreed to “remove all danger” of war on the peninsula.

The North Korean leader, he continued, would conduct an “unprecedented” visit to South Korea soon, and would close the Tongchang-ri engine test ground and missile test pad.

Reports earlier in the year suggested that