The authorities in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, DPRK or North Korea, on May 12, 2018 announced that the nuclear testing site at Punggye-ri will be dismantled in two weeks in the presence of foreign journalists. The state news agency, KCNA, said “technical measures” were underway to carry out the process between May 23 and May 25, 2018. Scientists had previously suggested that the site may have partially collapsed last September. The move is due to take place three weeks before US President Donald Trump meets North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.