US checking reports of North Korean envoy's execution: Pompeo
Authored By Wion Web Desk
Published: May 31, 2019, 03:12 IST | Updated: May 31, 2019, 03:12 IST
Mike Pompeo
The United States is attempting to check onreportsthat a seniorNorthKoreanofficial involved in Pyongyang's non-proliferation talks with Washington has been executed, Secretary of State MikePompeosaid on Friday.
"We've seen the reporting to which you are referring,"Pompeotold a news conference in Berlin in answer to a reporter's question. "We're doing our best to check it out. I don't have anything else to add to that today."
Earlier on Friday, a SouthKoreannewspaper reported that nuclear envoy Kim Hyok Choi had been executed as part of a purge of officials who steered negotiations for a failed summit between leader Kim Jong Un and US President Donald Trump.