Pompeo: ‘Ways to go’ before N Korea meets denuke vow

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said North Korea is far from living up to its pledge to denuclearise and remains in violation of numerous UN Security Council resolutions. Speaking before he attends an Asian security forum with North Korea’s Foreign Minister, Pompeo told reporters in Singapore there was “still a ways to go before” achieving the goal of ridding the North of its nuclear weapons.

Pompeo’s comments came after the White House announced yesterday that President Donald Trump received a new letter from North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and responded quickly with a letter of his own.

The correspondence, following up on their Singapore summit in June, came amid fresh concerns over Pyongyang’s commitment to denuclearisation despite a rosy picture of progress painted by Trump.