U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo departed North Korea on Wednesday with three Americans the country had been holding in captivity, another sign that relations between the U.S. and North Korea are warming in advance of a first-of-its-kind nuclear summit. Secretary Pompeo and his “guests” will be landing at Andrews Air Force Base at 2:00 A.M. in the morning. Pompeo’s trip to Pyongyang was timed with Trump’s declaration that the U.S. would withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal. His meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un follows Kim’s second secret trip to China. Tony Kim, who had been living in North Korea with his wife, taught for a time at the Pyongyang University of Science and Technology.

Source: Huffington Post May 09, 2018 12:46 UTC