Hopes raised for third Trump-Kim summit
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Monday he hoped both the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and the United States could "be a little more creative" when the two sides resume talks aimed at resolving the Korean Peninsula nuclear issue. Speaking in a radio interview on The Sean Hannity Show, however, Pompeo did not say when the talks would resume.
US President Donald Trump and top DPRK leader Kim Jong-un met briefly and shook hands at Panmunjom in the demilitarized zone between the DPRK and the Republic of Korea on June 30. The meeting drew worldwide attention, especially because Trump became the first incumbent US president to set foot in the DPRK.
The dramatic meeting between the two leaders eased US-DPRK tensions after the second Trump-Kim summit in Hanoi, Vietnam, in February, collapsed without an agreement, because the US insisted the DPRK completely denuclearize and Pyongyang pushed for relief from sanctions.
