Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Wednesday he has no information on North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's health, but added the United States will push for Pyongyang's denuclearization regardless of any change in leadership. Kim has stayed out of public sight for about two weeks, fueling speculation about the state of his health and increasing concern as to what would happen with the nuclear-armed country in the case of the sudden demise of the third-generation hereditary leader. "I don't have anything to add to the status of Chairman Kim," Pompeo said at a press conference at the State Department. But noting that he had met Kim Jong Un's sister Kim Yo Jong, who is drawing attention as a possible successor, during past trips, Pompeo said, "Our mission is the same regardless of what transpires inside of North Korea with respect to their leadership...And that's the fully verified denuclearization of North Korea." In an interview with Fox News the same day, Pompeo said that the United States is "watching closely" what is going on in North Korea, not only in regard to the country's leader but also on such matters as the new coronavirus and the possibility of a famine. U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo 

WASHINGTON - "We're watching each of those things closely, as they have a real impact on our mission set, which is to ultimately denuclearize North Korea," he said.