Trump expects talks with N. Korean leader next month: Yonhap

By Lim Chang-won Posted : January 21, 2019, 08:15 Updated : January 21, 2019, 08:15

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WASHINGTON -- U.S. President Donald Trump said he's looking forward to meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un at the end of next month. He cited "great meetings" with top North Korean representatives in Washington earlier this week.

Kim Yong-chol, who is known as the right-hand man to the North's leader, and his entourage traveled to the U.S. capital. He had talks with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and met with Trump.

"The Media is not giving us credit for the tremendous progress we have made with North Korea," Trump tweeted. "Think of where we were at the end of the Obama Administration compared to now." He was apparently referring to a dialogue mood amid halts to Pyongyang's nuclear and missile testing.

"Looking forward to meeting with Chairman Kim at end of February!" Trump added. He earlier told reporters "a lot of progress" has been made on the issue of denuclearizing the secretive communist nation.

He also said the location of his second summit with Kim has been picked. "We picked a country," he said but did not elaborate. Multiple news reports say Vietnam has already begun logistical preparations.
(Yonhap)
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