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    Pompeo heads to North Korea to press Kim on nuclear disarmament

    by Tracy Wilkinson and David S. Cloud, Los Angeles Times Jul 05, 2018 5 minutes

    WASHINGTON - Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was traveling to North Korea on Thursday to press ruler Kim Jong Un on his stated willingness to disarm his nuclear arsenal, amid reports that Kim actually is expanding the program.

    The visit on Friday will be Pompeo's third to Pyongyang, the capital, in three months, but the first since President Donald Trump held a high-profile summit with Kim in Singapore last month. Trump came away saying he trusted Kim to carry through with a promise that the two leaders put in writing to "work toward" denuclearization.

    Evidence since then has raised questions about Kim's intentions, stoking skepticism born of years of North Korea's broken promises. Pompeo hopes to get answers and a firmer commitment from the young dictator, his aides said,

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