North Korea's special envoy to the US Kim Hyok-chol "was investigated and executed at Mirim Airport with four foreign ministry officials in March," an unnamed North Korea source says, according to the Chosun Ilbo.
US President Donald Trump said after a top North Korean envoy that he and Kim Jong-un will probably meet around the end of February but did not say exactly when and where the summit would take place.
The announcement of Trump's second meeting with the reclusive North Korean leader came after the US President met at the White House for 90 minutes with a Pyongyang envoy, Kim Yong-chol, to discuss denuclearization talks.
Kim Yong-chol, a former spy chief, arrives at Beijing airport and is booked to leave on a flight for Washington later in the day, South Korea's Yonhap news agency says.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is expected to meet with senior North Korean official Kim Yong Chol this week, South Korean media and CNN said, citing unnamed sources.
US President Donald Trump said his planned summit on June 12, in Singapore, where he is due to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong-un was back on.
Kim Yong-chol, the right-hand man of leader Kim Jong-un, is the most senior North Korean official to visit the US in 18 years. His trip aims to salvage the June 12 meeting between the leaders of the two countries.
Talks between Kim Yong-chol and US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will be aimed at determining whether a meeting between Trump and Kim Jong-un, originally scheduled for June 12 but later canceled by Trump, can be restored.
Sanctioned by US, General Kim Yong-chol will hold talks with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo as preparations are underway for a historic nuclear summit between Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un.
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