North Korea has removed Kim Yong Chol, leader Kim Jong Un's right-hand man ...
FILE PHOTO: U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo escorts Vice Chairman of the North Korean Workers' Party Committee Kim Yong Chol, North Korea's lead negotiator in nuclear diplomacy with the United States, into talks aimed at clearing the way for a second U.S.-North Korea summit as they meet at a hotel in Washington, U.S., January 18, 2019. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts
SEOUL - North Korea has removed Kim Yong Chol, leader Kim Jong Un’s right-hand man and U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s counterpart, from a top post, South Korea’s Yonhap news agency reported on Wednesday citing a South Korean parliament official. Kim Yong Chol has been the head of the United Front Department, the North Korean Workers’ Party apparatus that handles ties with South Korea and increasingly with the United States.Kim Yong Chol has been leader Kim’s top envoy. He was prominent at a second summit between Kim and U.S. President Donald Trump in Vietnam in February, which broke down over disagreement on ending the North’s nuclear programme.South Korea’s National Intelligence Service could not immediately confirm the report.
The report of the envoy’s removal comes after the North’s foreign ministry said last week it no longer wanted to deal with Pompeo and he should be replaced in talks by someone more mature. Leader Kim Jong Un has warned that the failure of the talks in Vietnam risked reviving tension and said he was only interested in meeting Trump again if the United States showed more flexibility.Reporting by Hyonhee Shin and Jack Kim; Editing by Robert Birsel
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