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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo meets Pakistani Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi at the State Department in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2018. Pompeo is heading back to North Korea for another round of talks aimed at getting Kim Jong Un to give up nuclear weapons. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Mike Pompeo to meet Kim Jong-un in North Korea

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Sept. 19, 2018, file photo, South Korea's Defense Minister Song Young-moo, front left, and North Korea's Minister of the People's Armed Forces No Kwang Chol, front right, hold the documents after signing as South Korean President Moon Jae-in, rear left, and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, rear right, clap at the Paekhwawon State Guesthouse in Pyongyang, North Korea. North and South Korea began removing mines at two sites inside their heavily fortified border Monday, Oct. 1, as part of their recent deals to ease decades-long military tensions.(Pyongyang Press Corps Pool via AP, File)

The Latest: S. Korea believes North begins demining at DMZ

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In this Sept. 19, 2018, file photo. North Korean leader Kim Jong-un speaks during a joint press conference with South Korean President Moon Jae-in at the Paekhwawon State Guesthouse in Pyongyang, North Korea. Kim and South Korean President Moon Jae-in announced in the North Korean capital of Pyongyang this week that Kim has accepted Moon’s request to visit Seoul soon, maybe within the year.(Pyongyang Press Corps Pool via AP, File)

North Korea says peace declaration not a bargaining chip

By Eric Talmadge - Associated Press

President Donald Trump speaks at a rally in Wheeling, W.Va., Saturday, Sept. 29, 2018. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Trump on Kim: Tough talk … ‘and then we fell in love’

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In this on Sunday, Sept. 30, 2018 photo, military guard posts of North Korea, right top, and South Korea, left bottom, are seen in Paju, at the border with North Korea, South Korea. Seoul on Monday, Oct. 1, 2018, says South Korea has begun clearing mines from two sites inside the heavily fortified border with North Korea under a package of tension-reduction deal between the rivals. (Kim Do-hoon/Yonhap via AP)

2 Koreas begin removing DMZ mines to ease military tensions

By HYUNG-JIN KIM - Associated Press

In this Sept. 12, 2018 photo, North Korean shop assistants work at a supermarket in Pyongyang, North Korea. In the era of Kim Jong Un, North Korea is learning to embrace its inner consumer. The rise of the consumer is a major feature, not a bug, of Kim's plans to strengthen the country's sad-sack economy and lift the people's standard of living. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

North Korea learns to embrace its inner consumer

By ERIC TALMADGE - Associated Press

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, second from left, attends a meeting with permanent members of United Nations Security Council in New York, Thursday, Sept. 27, 2018. From left, United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres, Pompeo, Jonathan Cohen, U.S. deputy ambassador to the U.N., Jeremy Hunt, Britain Foreign Affairs Secretary and last on left side row is Karen Pierce, Britain's U.N. ambassador. From right, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, French Foreign Affairs Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian, French ambassador to the U.N. Francois Delattre, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Russian Ambassador to the U.N. Vassily Nebenzia. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

US seeks to keep North Korea sanctions; Russia, China object

By MATTHEW LEE - Associated Press

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo attends a meeting of the United Nations Security Council during the 73rd session of the U.N. General Assembly, at U.N. headquarters, Thursday, Sept. 27, 2018. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)

Mike Pompeo: U.S., allies must work together to push denuclearization in North Korea

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump hands a pen to South Korean President Moon Jae-In during a signing ceremony for the United States-Korea Free Trade Agreement at the Lotte New York Palace hotel during the United Nations General Assembly, Monday, Sept. 24, 2018, in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Small question, big consequences: Is N. Korea a nuke power?

By FOSTER KLUG - Associated Press

A person takes cover from the rain at the United Nations headquarters during the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2018. Governments from around the world will gather Wednesday to discuss the persistent scourge of tuberculosis, which last year claimed more lives than any other communicable disease. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

The Latest: Congo to boycott UN meetings about the country

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South Korea's President Moon Jae-in arrives to address the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly, at U.N. headquarters, Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2018. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Trump says he believes nuclear deal with N.Korea possible

By FOSTER KLUG - Associated Press

President Trump said he would meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in the "very near future" and would announce a time and place soon. (Associated Press/File)

Donald Trump, Kim Jong-un plan second summit

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump addresses the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly, at U.N. headquarters, Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2018. A sound of sudden, loud and unexpected laughter was directed at Trump as he addressed global leaders at the United Nations, and it was witnessed by an audience of tens of millions viewing immediate clips online of a humiliating moment for Donald Trump. The laughter followed Trump’s boasts that "in less than two years, my administration has accomplished more than almost any administration in the history of our country." (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

Donald Trump defends ‘America ‘first’ in U.N. General Assembly speech

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump speaks during a signing ceremony for the United States-Korea Free Trade Agreement at the Lotte New York Palace hotel during the United Nations General Assembly, Monday, Sept. 24, 2018, in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

The Latest: Trump hails his own achievements in UN speech

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A man carrying an umbrella walks past a display board showing photos of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's recent trip to China outside of the North Korean embassy in Beijing, Saturday, April 21, 2018. China, North Korea's main ally, is welcoming Pyongyang's decision to suspend its nuclear and missile tests. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

North Korean ‘embassies’ a worry if peace breaks out

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump arrives to speak about Iran from the Diplomatic Reception Room at the White House in Washington, Friday, Oct. 13, 2017. Trump says Iran is not living up to the "spirit" of the nuclear deal that it signed in 2015, and announced a new strategy in the speech. He says the administration will impose additional sanctions on the regime to block its financing of terrorism. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Sanctions overuse sapping diplomatic tool’s power, experts fear

By Dan Boylan - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump speaks during a signing ceremony for the United States-Korea Free Trade Agreement at the Lotte New York Palace hotel during the United Nations General Assembly, Monday, Sept. 24, 2018, in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Donald Trump touts North Korea progress, seizes initiative at U.N. General Assembly

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Sept. 19, 2017, file photo, President Donald Trump speaks during the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters. When Trump makes his second address to the United Nations _ and wields the Security Council gavel for the first time _ he will face leaders of a global order he upended in the last 12 months by pulling out of the Iran deal, embracing Russia and alienating longtime Western allies over trade and defense spending. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

‘Rocket Man’ to ‘Terrific’: Trump lauds Kim in UN return

By JONATHAN LEMIRE and ZEKE MILLER - Associated Press

This combination of two file photos shows U.S. President Donald Trump, left, speaking in the State Dining Room of the White House, in Washington on Feb. 26, 2018, and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un attending in the party congress in Pyongyang, North Korea on May 9, 2016. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, Wong Maye-E, File)

Donald Trump to get special message from Kim Jong-un at United Nations

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Sept. 19, 2017 file photo, U.S. President Donald Trump addresses the 72nd session of the United Nations General Assembly, at U.N. headquarters. Trump will be joined by other populist leaders at the 73rd General Assembly, including Poland's President Andrej Duda and Italy's Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte along with the foreign ministers of Hungary and Austria. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

Pompeo: No end to NKorea sanctions until ‘denuclearization’

By MATTHEW PENNINGTON - Associated Press