Yeah I still see that statement as reunification on NORK terms. So nothing has changed, still typical NORK propaganda!
I think the statement was coached as a Propaganda piece to garner some global sympathy for their apparent earnest effort. There is another article where they formally “closed” and sealed their nuclear testing facility. There is some evidence that they destroyed it accidentally in their last round of tests.
Are we to believe that this was their only test facility? Should we believe this means they are eliminating all nuclear materials, plans, weapons and engineering associated with their decades long efforts?
If they did accidentally blow up their test facility near the boarder of China, it’s a good bet their Chinese buddies had a stern chat with them. What they now need is TIME. If they wanted to start construction of additional infrastructure, they need time to set up some covert cover projects.