Pompeo plans return to North Korea amid signs it continues illicit nuclear activities
WASHINGTON - Two months after President Donald Trump boasted that North Korea is "no longer a nuclear threat," growing evidence suggests that leader Kim Jong Un has not shut down the country's illicit production of bomb-making material and other nuclear activities, raising concerns that the proposed denuclearization deal has stalled at the starting gate.
Hoping to pressure the government in Pyongyang, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Thursday he would return to the reclusive nation next week and bring a newly appointed U.S. special representative, Stephen Biegun, to take over the challenging negotiations.
The visit will be Pompeo's fourth to North Korea since March, and the third since Trump and Kim
