Pompeo to return to North Korea next week

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday names Stephen Biegun his special envoy for North Korea and says they would both travel to the nuclear armed country next week.

“Steve will direct the US policy towards North Korea and lead our efforts to achieve President Trump’s goal of the final, fully verified denuclearization of North Korea, as agreed to by chairman Kim Jong Un,” Pompeo says.

AFP

In this May 9, 2018, photo provided on May 10, 2018, by the North Korean government, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, left, poses with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Pyongyang, North Korea. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)

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