Politics
North Korea's Pompeo Problem Exposes Widening Rift Over Talks
- Top U.S. diplomat rebuked after two latest trips to Asia
- U.S. told it will ‘get nothing’ from its pressure campaign
Mike Pompeo and Ri Yong Ho at the ASEAN meeting in Singapore, on Aug. 4.
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North Korea appears to have a Pompeo problem.
The widening gulf between Secretary of State Michael Pompeo’s description of nuclear talks with North Korea and Pyongyang’s criticism of his efforts is adding further confusion to the status of negotiations intended to lead to the denuclearization of the Korean peninsula.