Mike Pompeo lands in North Korea

Published May 9, 2018 12:50am ET



PYONGYANG, North Korea — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrived in North Korea on Wednesday to finalize details of a historic summit planned between President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

Trump announced the mission in Washington on Tuesday just minutes before Pompeo arrived in Japan to refuel before flying on to Pyongyang, and as the president declared he was withdrawing from a landmark nuclear deal with another bitter U.S. adversary, Iran.

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