S.Korean official: Pompeo, in N.Korea, to return with detained Americans
SEOUL - US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is expected to return from North Korea with three American detainees, as well as details of an upcoming summit between leader Kim Jong Un and US President Donald Trump, a South Korean official said on Wednesday.
Pompeo arrived in Pyongyang on Wednesday from Japan and headed to the Koryo Hotel in the North Korean capital for meetings, a US media pool report said.
An official at South Korea's presidential Blue House said Pompeo was expected to finalize the date of Trump and Kim's summit and secure the release of the three American detainees.
While Trump said it would be a "great thing" if the American detainees were freed, Pompeo told reporters en route to Pyongyang he had not received such a commitment but hoped North Korea would "do the right thing".
"We'll talk about it again today," he said. "I think it'd be a great gesture if they would choose to do so."
