US Secretary Pompeii leaves for North Korea on Thursday

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will leave for North Korea on Thursday to continue talks on the Korean Peninsula's nuclear disarmament.

As the Voice of America correspondent Zlatica Hawke reports, the White House and the State Department announced Mr. Pompeii's trip Monday. Going to North Korea for the second time comes after the historic June 12th meeting in Singapore between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

After the historic June 12th meeting, President Trump said he believes Kim Jong Un is serious about nuclear disarmament. But recent media reports quoted American intelligence officials as saying that North Korea is misleading the United States and continues to expand nuclear activities to some objects.

Satellite <x0) images indicate improvements or extensions of the nuclear facility as well as missile production facilities. Intelligence data suggests that genus is increasing the production of nuclear materials not only in Yongbyon but also in other secret objects. ”

Bruce Klinger is an expert for Korea at the Heritage Foundation in Washington and former CIA and Intelligence Agency. The White House refused to comment Monday about the reports.

“We will not confirm or deny any intelligence report. What I can say is we're making progress. The U.S. ambassador to the Philippines held a meeting with members of the North Korean delegation and Secretary Pompeii, as I said, will head toward genus by the end of the week. We will continue these talks”, White House spokeswoman Sarah Hooke Saunders said during a press conference.

Some analysts cite eight failed agreements with North Korea and say its authoritarian leaders will never give up nuclear reserves. Mr. Klinger says there's hope even though jinn might try to trick him this time.

America must learn from the mistakes of the past and not allow another misconception, which is very short, very unclear, which has no details such as those we had in arms control treaties with the Soviet Union. ”

White House of National Security adviser John Bolton told a television channel on Sunday that the administration has an action plan that could destroy North Korea's nuclear arsenal within a year if the European co-operates. He said the plan would require full transparency of all chemical, biological, nuclear and ballistic missile locations.