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Pompeo Meets With Top North Korean Official In Hopes Of Reviving Singapore Summit

The secretary of state met for dinner in New York with former North Korean intelligence chief Kim Yong Chol, as the two sought to get a planned June 12 top-level summit back on track.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met with a top North Korean official over dinner in New York on Wednesday, as the two sought to salvage a June 12 summit between President Trump and Kim Jong Un.

The summit, planned since April, was called off

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