Kim Yong Chol and Mike Pompeo meet in New York for talks

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Kim Yong Chol and Mike Pompeo meet in New York for talks

North Korean, U.S. officials hold working dinner ahead of full day of meetings

Colin Zwirko May 30, 2018

Kim Yong Chol and Mike Pompeo meet in New York for talks

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's Twitter

UPDATE AT 1710 KST: This article has been amended to include comments from a senior State Department official.

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo held a preliminary meeting over dinner with high-ranking North Korean official Kim Yong Chol in New York on Wednesday evening local time.

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Colin Zwirko is a Senior Analytic Correspondent for NK News based in Seoul. He joined the company in 2018 after receiving a master's degree in international security and foreign policy from South Korea's Yonsei University. Follow him on Twitter.

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