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Pompeo says North Korea's denuclearization will only happen with Xi's 'permission,' no carrots to convince it

Former U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Monday that North Korea's denuclearization will happen only with Chinese President Xi Jinping's "permission" and "direction."

2025.11.18

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks to the media in Washington, on Nov. 24, 2020. [REUTERS/YONHAP]

Pompeo, Gingrich denounce Korean special counsel's plan to summon Unification Church head

Mike Pompeo, who served as U.S. secretary of state under Donald Trump’s first administration, denounced plans by Korea’s special counsel to summon Han Hak-ja, leader of the Unification Church.

2025.9.5

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Pompeo admits Kim Jong-un never really made up his mind

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo acknowledged in an interview Tuesday that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has “yet to make a decision” on whether to follow through on his commitment to denuclearize.

2021.1.6

Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha, left, and U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo shake hands during a meeting at the State Department in Washington Monday in their first face-to-face talks since February. [FOREIGN MINISTRY]

Kang, Pompeo reaffirm commitment to peace on Korean Peninsula

Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha and U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo reaffirmed their commitment to ensuring peace on the Korean Peninsula, meeting face to face for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic on Monday.

2020.11.10

Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha pays respects to U.S. soldiers killed in the 1950-53 Korean War on a visit to the Korean War Veterans Memorial in Washington on Sunday, after Joe Biden was named U.S. president-elect the previous day. She was scheduled to meet with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday. [YONHAP]

Foreign minister's Washington trip comes at dicey time

South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kang Kyung-wha, on a trip to Washington Sunday on the heels of Joe Biden's victory in the U.S. presidential election, said she does not see the United States reverting back to a “strategic patience” approach.

2020.11.9

Suh Hoon, director of the National Security Office of the Blue House, right, meets with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Washington on Thursday. [YONHAP]

Suh says Seoul, Washington on the same page regarding end-of-war proposal

Suh Hoon, director of the Blue House’s National Security Office, said Thursday that President Moon Jae-in’s proposal to formally end the Korean War is part of the process to denuclearize North Korea, dismissing speculation that Seoul and...

2020.10.16

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks in the Senate chamber of the Wisconsin State Capitol in Madison, Wisconsin, Wednesday, warning state Republican legislators of the risks of China. [AP/YONHAP]

Pompeo expected to make October visit to Korea

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is expected to visit Korea next month, sources said Wednesday, during a critical juncture for Sino-U.S. tensions and uncertainty in the direction of North Korean denuclearization talks.

2020.9.24

Kim Gunn, the Korean deputy foreign minister for foreign affairs, holds a videoconference with Alison Mann, director-general of the Asia Pacific Regional Integration Division of New Zealand’s Foreign Ministry in charge of Asean-related meetings, in Seoul Monday, ahead of the Asean Regional Forum (ARF). [FOREIGN MINISTRY]

Foreign minister to take part in virtual talks with Asean diplomats

Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha will participate in a series of annual Asean meetings this week to discuss coronavirus responses and regional issues as Sino-U.S. tensions capture increased attention.

2020.9.7

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks during a news conference in Washington on Wednesday. [AFP/YONHAP]

No Kim-Trump summit without 'sufficient likelihood' of progress: Pompeo

U.S. President Donald Trump would hold another summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, but only if there’s a “sufficient likelihood” of further progress from their first meeting in Singapore, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Wednesday.

2020.7.16

North Korean and Chinese flags decorate the streets of Dandong, China, in October last year, as the two countries celebrated their 70th anniversary of bilateral relations. [YONHAP]

North Korea blasts Pompeo for South China Sea remarks

North Korea on Wednesday slammed U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo for his public criticism of China, making clear Pyongyang is on the side of its neighbor and closest ally as the rift between Beijing and Washington grows.

2020.7.15