Assess: After North Korea's swipe, Pompeo must focus on pace and structure if nuclear talks are to succeed

WASHINGTON - Now that he has gotten a bitter taste of diplomatic reality in North Korea, Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo must focus on the pace and structure of proposed talks if the Trump administration is to make progress toward nuclear disarmament on the Korean peninsula, analysts say.

Pompeo's third visit to Pyongyang led to a seeming disconnect. After he claimed his two days of talks with former spy chief Kim Yong Chol last week were "productive," North Korea's foreign ministry criticized the meetings as a "deeply regrettable" interaction with bullying Americans.

But the divide