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N. Korea to Allow Inspectors into Nuclear Sites

<p>&&num;8220&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is ready to allow international inspectors into nuclear and missile facilities&comma; said Sec&period; of State Mike Pompeo&nbsp&semi;after a visit to Pyongyang this weekend&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Pompeo &ldquo&semi;had a good meeting with Chairman Kim today in Pyongyang&comma;&rdquo&semi; tweeted Trump on Sunday&period; &ldquo&semi;Progress made on Singapore Summit Agreements&excl; I look forward to seeing Chairman Kim again&comma; in the near future&period;&rdquo&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to Pompeo&comma; inspectors will have access to the Punggye-ri nuclear site &ldquo&semi;as soon as we get it logistically worked out&period;&rdquo&semi; Punggye-ri was allegedly destroyed in March&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Pompeo also suggested Kim and Trump could meet again soon&comma; as Kim had proposed last month&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&ldquo&semi;We are not quite there yet&comma; but we will get there&comma;&rdquo&semi; said Pompeo&period; &ldquo&semi;Most importantly both the leaders believe there is real progress that can be made&hellip&semi;so we are going to get it at a time that works for each of the two leaders and at a place that works for both of them&period;&rdquo&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Pompeo&rsquo&semi;s words are good news given the recent souring of relations between the US and North Korea following reports of renewed missile activity in August&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Later that month&comma; Trump canceled a planned visit to the peninsula by Pompeo because no &ldquo&semi;sufficient progress&rdquo&semi; was being made towards the goal of denuclearization&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Kim&&num;8217&semi;s attitude towards the US improved following a September meeting with&nbsp&semi;South Korea President Moon Jae-in&comma; who encouraged Kim to resume negations with the Trump Administration&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Kim made a commitment to allow inspectors into Punggye-ri when he met with Moon&comma; but experts said it was crucial that he reiterate that commitment to Pompeo&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Kim also suggested he was ready to dismantle the nuclear site at Yongbyon&comma; but only if the US took &ldquo&semi;corresponding steps&rdquo&semi; to improve trust&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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