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Under Wraps: US Intel Reportedly Sets up Secret Channel With N Korea
https://sputniknews.com/us/201803191062692514-trump-kim-nuclear-talks/
Ahead of the historic summit between Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un in May, US intelligence has been reported to bypass the conventional diplomatic channel through the United Nations.
After a breakthrough in North Korea —US settlement talks and the former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) chief stepping in as the new Secretary of State, the CIA has taken the lead in the Korean settlement talks as a new back channel has been established between North Korea and the USA, CBS News reported, citing US officials. Before information about the direct contact was leaked, the only known diplomatic connection was maintained by the State Department through the United Nations.
Trump rearranged the State Department less than a week after he agreed to meet with Kim Jong-un for the first time, on the condition that Pyongyang makes specific steps to roll up its nuclear program. He willingly met the recent North Korean proposal to talk, pausing all nuclear tests and missile launches during the negotiations, preceded by a series of high-level meetings. At the beginning of March, South Korean top officials met North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, after which Seoul and Pyongyang reached a historic agreement to hold the third ever summit of the countries’ leaders in late April.
The Korean War never ended
May 26, 2010 10:19 a.m. EDT
http://www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/05/24/armstrong.north.korea/index.html
- The Korean War began 60 years ago on June 25, 1950, and it still hasn't ended. Fighting on the Korean Peninsula may have stopped with a cease-fire in July 1953, but North and South Korea have remained in a tense state of armed truce ever since, with open warfare just a hair-trigger away.
The sinking of the South Korean navy vessel Cheonan on March 26 -- which an international investigation team concluded last week to be the ..
