North Korean leader agrees to additional denuclearization steps

South Korean President, Moon Jae-in, said that the North Korean leader Kim Jong-un had agreed to take additional steps for denuclearization.

 The agreement came in a historic summit between Kim and South Korean President Moon Jae-in held at the state guesthouse Paekhwawon in Pyongyang, South Korean News Agency (Yonhap) reported.

 The North has agreed to permanently shut down its Dongchang-ri missile engine testing facility and missile launch pad under the participation of experts from related countries," President Moon said in a joint press conference with his North Korean counterpart after the summit.

 North Korea also agreed to take additional steps, such as the permanent shutdown of the Yongbyon nuclear facility, depending on the United States' corresponding measures, he added.

 The South and the North discussed denuclearization steps for the first time," the South Korean president also said said.

 The two leaders signed a joint agreement on joint agreement on denuclearization on the sidelines of the South Korean President’s visit to Pyongyang.

 The two countries' defence chiefs also agreed to establish buffer zones along land and sea borders to prevent accidental clashes.