On Saturday, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un announced that his country would suspend nuclear and missile tests indefinitely and shut down a nuclear test site, South Korea’s Yonhap news agency reported, citing North Korea’s official KCNA. Kim’s announcement marks the first time that North Korea’s regime has officially announced plans to suspend the programs in the lead-up to a historic inter-Korean summit later this month and a meeting with US President Donald Trump in May. Read more: North Korea: From war to nuclear weapons What North Korea said: “From April 21, North Korea will stop nuclear tests and launches of intercontinental ballistic missiles.” “The North will shut down a nuclear tests site in the country’s northern side to prove the vow to suspend nuclear tests.” Read more: Opinion: A big stage for the ‘little rocket man’ The truth and myths of the Kim dynasty A young leader Kim Il Sung, the first and “eternal” president of North Korea, took power in 1948 with the support of the Soviet Union. The official calendar in North Korea begins with his birth year, 1912, designating it “Juche 1” after the state’s Juche ideology. He was 41 when, as shown here, he signed the…