State Department Announces Deadline for North Korea Denuclearization

Mike Pompeo to meet with North Korean counterpart at G-20 meeting in New York

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks at a press briefing at the State Department in Washington, on Aug. 16, 2018. Charlotte Cuthbertson/The Epoch Times

The U.S. State Department said for the first time that it has a deadline for North Korea to denuclearize: January 2021, according to comments by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.

The deadline was announced as South Korean President Moon Jae-in and his North Korean counterpart, Kim Jong Un, wrapped up a three-day summit in Pyongyang.