조명균 "풍계리 핵실험장 폐기, 정상회담 때 논의... 북한 '긍정조치' 기대"

Seoul expects Pyongyang to allow the South Korean media to cover the dismantling of the Punggye-ri nuclear test site... as the topic was discussed at the inter-Korean summit talks.
The nation's unification minister... told Yonhap News today Monday... that the process is a meaningful first step towards complete denuclearization.
Cho Myoung-gyon... stressed... Seoul's journalists should be able to cover the event -- to earn international support on improving inter-Korean relations and denuclearizing the Peninsula.
Regarding the possibility of the nation's reporters being excluded from the coverage,... the minister replied, we'll have to wait and see.
Still,... until Monday afternoon, when the two sides closed their daily contact channel,... Pyongyang had not accepted the list of South Korean reporters for the event.