{"id":61038,"date":"2018-05-13T16:27:27","date_gmt":"2018-05-13T16:27:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/05\/13\/us-hopes-north-korea-will-become-close-partner-pompeo-says\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T10:21:56","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T10:21:56","slug":"us-hopes-north-korea-will-become-close-partner-pompeo-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/flashpoints\/2018\/05\/13\/us-hopes-north-korea-will-become-close-partner-pompeo-says\/","title":{"rendered":"US hopes North Korea will become close partner, Pompeo says"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 The United States aspires to have North Korea as a \u201cclose partner\u201d and not an enemy, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said, noting that the U.S. has often in history become good friends with former adversaries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pompeo said he had told North Korean leader <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2018\/04\/24\/in-big-shift-trump-assesses-kim-jong-un-as-very-honorable\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">Kim Jong Un<\/a> of that hope during his brief <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2018\/05\/08\/pompeo-en-route-to-north-korea-to-finalize-trump-kim-summit\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">visit to Pyongyang<\/a> earlier this week, during which he finalized details of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2018\/05\/10\/trump-and-kim-to-hold-summit-june-12-in-singapore\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">June 12 summit<\/a> between Kim and President Donald Trump and secured the release of three Americans imprisoned in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He said his talks with Kim on Wednesday had been \u201cwarm,\u201d \u2033constructive\u201d and \u201cgood\u201d and that he made clear that if North Korea gets <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2018\/04\/22\/trump-says-north-korea-agreed-to-denuclearize-it-hasnt\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">rid of its nuclear weapons<\/a> in a permanent and verifiable way, the U.S. is willing to help the impoverished nation boost its economy and living stands to levels like those in prosperous South Korea.<\/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\/05\/13\/trump-welcomes-north-korea-plan-to-blow-up-nuke-test-site-tunnels\/\" 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=\"185\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP18132500541173.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\">Trump welcomes North Korea plan to blow up nuke test site tunnels<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">North Korea said Saturday that it will dismantle its nuclear test site in less than two weeks, in a dramatic event that would set up leader Kim Jong Un\u2019s summit with President Donald Trump next month. Trump welcomed the \u201cgracious gesture.\u201d<\/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\">\u201cWe had good conversations about the histories of our two nations, the challenges that we have had between us,\u201d Pompeo told reporters at a news conference Friday with South Korea\u2019s visiting foreign minister, Kang Kyung-wha. \u201cWe talked about the fact that America has often in history had adversaries who we are now close partners with and our hope that we could achieve the same with respect to North Korea.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He did not mention other adversaries by name, but Pompeo and others have often noted that the U.S. played a major role in rebuilding Japan and the European axis powers in the wake of World War II. With U.S. help, those countries recovered from the devastation of conflict.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf North Korea takes bold action to quickly denuclearize, the United States is prepared to work with North Korea to achieve prosperity on the par with our South Korean friends,\u201d he said.<\/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\">Kang praised the upcoming meeting between Trump and Kim in Singapore as an \u201chistoric\u201d opportunity, but added a few notes of skepticism as well. Amid concerns that North Korea will demand the U.S. withdraw its troops from neighboring South Korea, Kang emphasized that the U.S. military presence there must be \u201ca matter for the U.S.-ROK alliance first and foremost,\u201d using an acronym for South Korea\u2019s official name, the Republic of Korea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She said the U.S. troop presence in the South for the past 65 years has played a \u201ccrucial role for deterrence,\u201d peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula. Therefore, she said, any change in the size of the U.S. forces in South Korea should not be on the table at the summit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe next few weeks will be critical, requiring air-tight coordination between our two countries,\u201d Kang said, noting that South Korean President Moon Jae-in would be in Washington to see Trump later this month.<\/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\/news\/your-military\/2018\/05\/03\/will-we-stay-or-will-we-go-a-look-at-removing-us-troops-from-south-korea\/\" 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\/South-Korea-training.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\">Will we stay or will we go? A look at removing US troops from South Korea<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">President Trump said recently he would consider removing U.S. troops to get a better trade deal with South Korea.<\/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\">Since Trump announced plans to hold a summit with Kim, questions have been raised continually about whether the two leaders have the same objective in mind when they speak about \u201cdenuclearization.\u201d To the U.S., that means the North giving up the nuclear weapons it has already built. But North Korea has said it\u2019s willing to talk now because it\u2019s already succeeded in becoming a nuclear-armed state, fueling skepticism that the North would truly be willing to give those weapons up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pompeo said there would need to be \u201ccomplete\u201d and \u201cverifiable\u201d denuclearization that would remove North Korea as a threat to the South, the United States and the rest of the world. He said a major inspection and monitoring regime would be required to ensure the North\u2019s compliance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI think there is complete agreement about what the ultimate objectives are,\u201d Pompeo said, though he declined to offer more detail.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The United States aspires to have North Korea as a \u201cclose partner\u201d and not an enemy, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said, noting that the U.S. has often in history become good friends with former 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