Pompeo to meet N. Korean counterpart Thurs. in N.Y.: U.S.

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will meet with his North Korean counterpart on Thursday in New York to continue denuclearization talks, the State Department said Monday.Pompeo and Kim Yong Chol, a vice chairman of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, will discuss issues including "achieving the final, fully verified denuclearization" of North Korea, the department said in a brief statement.(Mike Pompeo (R) shake hands with Kim Yong Chol in New York in May 2018) [Photo courtesy of the U.S. State Department]The ruling party vice chairman is a close aide to North Korean le…READ FULL ARTICLE