Washington's tactics risk reversing positive Korean Peninsula progress

Every walk of life has its jargon and taboos. But as the top diplomat of the United States, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo seems incorrigible in speaking the diplomatic lingo while wagging his tongue as he likes.

At the American Legion National Convention in the state of Indiana last week, Pompeo once again accused the Democratic People's Republic of Korea of rogue behavior. Prompting Pyongyang, to label him, not without reason, as a "diehard toxin", while claiming that the hopes for talks on the peninsula's denuclearization are fading.

Although the US State Department reportedly said it remained interested in pursuing the talks, what Pompeo said has undoubtedly dented Pyongyang's belief in Washington's sincerity.