U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is set to make his third visit to Pyongyang, facing the tough mission of making tangible progress in the wake of the symbolic agreement signed by President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Singapore last month.

American troops are not likely to be withdrawn from the Korean Peninsula in the near future, said Joseph Yun, former U.S. special representative for North Korea policy, but could be at some point when all outstanding issues are “resolved.”

- A round of recent summit diplomacy on North Korea has created a virtuous cycle of inter-Korean ties and a viable denuclearization process, a senior South Korean presidential official said Wednesday.

The United States must remain vigilant against the ongoing threat posed by North Korea’s nuclear activities despite Kim Jong-un’s pledge to take steps towards “complete denuclearization,” the nominee to serve as the American ambassador in South Korea told lawmakers during his confirmation hearing on Thursday.

China is looking to assert a more prominent role as “guarantor” of anticipated “symbolic deals” after negotiations between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un began in Singapore on Tuesday, the South China Morning Post (SCMP) reports.

With a budding arsenal of cyberweapons and a growing number of digital warriors, North Korea can allegedly shutdown websites. Alter bank records thousands of miles away. Cancel the release of a Hollywood movie.

The process to rid North Korea of its decades-old nuclear weapons program could take at least ten years, an expert from the U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP) told a Senate panel on Tuesday, acknowledging that the extent of the regime’s atomic capabilities remains unknown.

Rarely in modern in history has there been a summit with higher stakes and greater uncertainty over its outcome than the planned meeting in Singapore a week from now between Kim Jong-un and Donald Trump.