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• Pompeo looking into reports that North Korea executed envoy to the U.S.

  North Korea has previously executed scapegoats to atone for high-profile political flops, and the most recent summit between leader Kim Jong Un and President Donald Trump ended in failure, leaving Kim embarrassed on the world stage.

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  May 31, 2019
  
• U.S., North Korea officials meet to finalize plans for 2nd summit

  Separately, a diplomatic source said envoys from the United States and North Korea were holding talks in Sweden

  World

  Jan 18, 2019
  
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• Donald Trump abruptly cancels Mike Pompeo’s planned trip to North Korea

  U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday he had cancelled a planned trip to North Korea by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, saying progress toward the U.S. goal of a denuclearization of the Korean peninsula was too slow.

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  Aug 24, 2018
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• Pompeo accuses North Korea, Russia of continuing to violate U.N. sanctions

  U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo accused North Korea and countries including Russia of continuing to violate U.N. sanctions aimed at pressing Pyongyang to give up its nuclear arsenal.

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  Aug 4, 2018
• U.S. secretary of state calls on North Korea to replicate Vietnam’s ‘miracle’

  U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo appealed for North Korea’s leadership to follow Vietnam’s path in overcoming past hostilities with the United States.

  Politics

  Jul 8, 2018
• Mike Pompeo arrives in North Korea, ‘seeking to fill in some details’ of denuclearization

  Secretary of State Mike Pompeo began his first trip to Pyongyang since U.S. President Donald Trump's summit with leader Kim Jong Un last month with a vow to nail down the specifics of Kim's commitments on denuclearization.

  World

  Jul 6, 2018
• Donald Trump says North Korea talks ‘going well,’ U.S. ‘would now be at war’ if it weren’t for him

  On Tuesday, the president slammed “fake news” and claimed that “if not for me, we would now be at war with North Korea!”

  Politics

  Jul 3, 2018
• North Korea’s missile program was expanding as Trump met with Kim: report

  North Korea’s missile facilities were expanding in the run up to a meeting between leader Kim Jong Un and U.S. President Donald Trump on denuclearization, according to an independent report.

  Jul 2, 2018
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• North Korea releases 3 American detainees ahead of meeting with Trump

  U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that three Americans detained by North Korea have been released and are on their way home with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.

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  May 9, 2018
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• CIA Director Mike Pompeo recently met with Kim Jong Un in North Korea

  CIA Director Mike Pompeo recently travelled to North Korea to meet with leader Kim Jong Un.

  Politics

  Apr 17, 2018