Mike Pompeo under pressure to secure nuclear progress in North Korea visit

Secretary of state faces pressure to establish timeline for denuclearisation as well as duty to reassure regional allies

Weeks after Donald Trump declared the world a safer place following his historic summit with Kim Jong-un, Mike Pompeo is due to arrive in Pyongyang on Friday amid growing doubts over the regime’s willingness to abandon its nuclear weapons.

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