Mike Pompeo is expected to secure the release of the three American detainees held in the country, a South Korean official said, according to Reuters. Pompeo, who arrived in North Korea on Tuesday, said it would be difficult to hold a leaders’ summit between Trump and Kim if the prisoners remained captive. The three U.S. detainees still being held are Korean-Americans Kim Dong Chul, Kim Hak Song, and Tony Kim, who also uses the name Kim Sang Duk. The only American released by North Korea during Trump’s presidency has been the late Otto Warmbier, 22, who returned to the U.S. in a coma last summer after 17 months of captivity, Reuters reported. Trump and Xi discussed Kim’s visit to China in a phone call Tuesday morning, the White House said, according to Reuters.

Source: Fox News May 09, 2018 09:22 UTC