{"id":64230,"date":"2018-07-08T19:36:34","date_gmt":"2018-07-08T19:36:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/07\/08\/pompeo-appeals-for-north-korea-to-replicate-vietnams-miracle\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T14:02:33","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T14:02:33","slug":"pompeo-appeals-for-north-korea-to-replicate-vietnams-miracle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/flashpoints\/2018\/07\/08\/pompeo-appeals-for-north-korea-to-replicate-vietnams-miracle\/","title":{"rendered":"Pompeo appeals for North Korea to replicate Vietnam\u2019s \u2018miracle\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">HANOI, Vietnam \u2014 Undeterred by a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2018\/07\/08\/after-talks-north-korea-accuses-us-of-gangster-like-demands\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">blistering rebuke of his efforts to forge a denuclearization deal<\/a> with North Korea, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Sunday appealed for North Korea\u2019s leadership to follow Vietnam\u2019s path in overcoming past hostilities with the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pompeo called on North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to replicate Vietnam\u2019s \u201cmiracle\u201d of economic growth by improving ties with the U.S., vowing that America keeps its promises with former foes.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/flashpoints\/2018\/07\/01\/bolton-says-the-us-has-a-plan-to-dismantle-north-koreas-nuclear-program-within-a-year\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP18183036284974.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">US plans for dismantling North Korea nukes may face resistance<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The United States has a plan that would lead to the dismantling of North Korea\u2019s nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programs in a year, President Donald Trump\u2019s national security adviser said, although U.S. intelligence reported signs that Pyongyang doesn\u2019t intend to fully give up its arsenal.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speaking to members of the U.S.-Vietnamese business community in Hanoi, Pompeo said Vietnam\u2019s experience since the normalization of relations with the U.S. in 1995 should be proof for North Korea that prosperity and partnership with the U.S. is possible after decades of conflict and mistrust. \u201cWe know it is a real possibility because we see how Vietnam has traveled this remarkable path,\u201d Pompeo said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIn light of the once-unimaginable prosperity and partnership we have with Vietnam today, I have a message for Chairman Kim Jong Un: President Trump believes your country can replicate this path,\u201d he said, repeating President Donald Trump\u2019s pledge to help improve North Korea\u2019s economy and provide it with security assurances in return for Kim giving up nuclear weapons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s yours if you\u2019ll you seize the moment. This miracle can be yours. It can be your miracle in North Korea as well,\u201d Pompeo said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP18189391728833.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-101147\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP18189391728833.jpg.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP18189391728833.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP18189391728833.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, left, meets with Vietnamese Communist Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong at the Office of the Party Central Committee in Hanoi, Vietnam, Sunday, July 8, 2018. Pompeo is on a trip traveling to North Korea, Japan, Vietnam, Abu Dhabi, and Brussels. (Andrew Harnik\/Pool via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The comments came after Pompeo had earlier Sunday in Tokyo brushed aside North Korea\u2019s accusation that the U.S. was making \u201cgangster-like\u201d denuclearization demands of the North. He maintained that his third visit to North Korea on Friday and Saturday had produced results. But he also vowed that sanctions would remain until Pyongyang follows through on Kim\u2019s pledge to get rid of his atomic weapons.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/flashpoints\/2018\/07\/03\/doubts-on-north-korean-denuclearization-shadow-pompeo-visit\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP18183351726743.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Doubts on North Korean denuclearization shadow Pompeo visit<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Three weeks after the U.S.-North Korea summit and ahead of an impending trip to North Korea by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, a leaked U.S. intelligence report and an analysis of satellite data suggest the North may be continuing its nuclear and missile activities despite a pledge to denuclearize.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pompeo downplayed a harshly critical North Korean statement issued after the talks in which the country\u2019s foreign ministry bashed hopes for a quick deal and attacked the U.S. for making unreasonable and extortionate demands aimed at forcing it to abandon nuclear weapons. The statement was sure to fuel growing skepticism in the U.S. and elsewhere over how serious Kim is about giving up his nuclear arsenal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf those requests were gangster-like, the world is a gangster,\u201d Pompeo said, noting that numerous U.N. Security Council resolutions have demanded that the North rid itself of nuclear weapons and end its ballistic missile program. \u201cPeople are going to make certain comments after meetings. If I paid attention to the press, I\u2019d go nuts and I refuse to do that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After meeting with his Japanese and South Korean counterparts in Tokyo, Pompeo said his two days of talks in Pyongyang had been productive and conducted in good faith. But following the stinging commentary from the North, he allowed that much work remains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe road ahead will be difficult and challenging, and we know critics will try to minimize the work that we have achieved,\u201d he said. He added that his two days of talks with senior North Korean officials had \u201cmade progress\u201d and included a \u201cdetailed and substantive discussion about the next steps towards a fully verified and complete denuclearization.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/flashpoints\/2018\/04\/22\/road-to-north-koreas-denuclearization-is-littered-with-failure\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"176\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP18111355411423.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Road to North Korea\u2019s denuclearization is littered with failure<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">While Seoul and Washington welcomed Pyongyang\u2019s declaration on Saturday to suspend further intercontinental ballistic missile tests and shut down its nuclear test site, the past is littered with failure.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Those include the formation of a working group to determine exactly how North Korea\u2019s denuclearization will be verified and a Thursday meeting with Pentagon officials to discuss the return of remains of American troops killed during the Korean War.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pompeo sought to dispel suggestions that the Trump administration has backed down from demanding the complete, verifiable and irreversible dismantlement of the North\u2019s nuclear weapons. He said North Korea understood that denuclearization must be \u201cfully verified\u201d and \u201cfinal.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha said that North Korea had balked at a written pledge for \u201ccomplete, verifiable and irreversible denuclearization\u201d for historical reasons but stressed that the goal remained the same whether that exact phrase was used. Fully verified, final denuclearization \u201cisn\u2019t any softer in stating our shared goal of complete denuclearization,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite what he described as progress, Pompeo said the results so far did not warrant any easing of sanctions, which he said would be enforced \u201cwith vigor\u201d until North Korea follows through with denuclearization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After Trump\u2019s historic summit with Kim in Singapore last month, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2018\/06\/13\/trump-claim-raises-eyebrows-north-korea-no-longer-a-nuke-threat\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">the president declared the North was no longer a threat<\/a> and would hand over the remains of American troops. Yet three weeks later, the two sides were still divided on all the issues, including exactly what denuclearization means and how it might be verified. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2018\/06\/23\/us-sends-coffins-flags-to-north-korea-border-to-receive-war-remains\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">The promised remains have yet to be delivered<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And just hours after Pompeo arrived in Tokyo from Pyongyang on Saturday, the North blasted the new talks, saying they had been \u201cregrettable.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a statement carried by the North\u2019s official Korean Central News Agency, the foreign ministry said the outcome of Pompeo\u2019s talks with senior official Kim Yong Chol was \u201cvery concerning\u201d because it has led to a \u201cdangerous phase that might rattle our willingness for denuclearization that had been firm.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe had expected that the U.S. side would offer constructive measures that would help build trust based on the spirit of the leaders\u2019 summit &#8230; we were also thinking about providing reciprocal measures,\u201d it said. \u201cHowever, the attitude and stance the United States showed in the first high-level meeting (between the countries) was no doubt regrettable. Our expectations and hopes were so naive it could be called foolish.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It said the North had raised the issue of formally ending the Korean War, which concluded with an armistice and not a peace treaty, but the U.S. came up with a variety of \u201cconditions and excuses\u201d to delay a declaration. 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