Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrives at Sunan International Airport in Pyongyang, North Korea on July 6th, 2018. Andrew Harnik, Reuters
CNBC: Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to travel to North Korea next week, and he'll be joined by a new special representative
* Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announces that he would travel to North Korea next week.
* Pompeo names Stephen Biegun, a former George W. Bush administration official, as the U.S. State Department's special representative for North Korea.
* Pompeo's trip to North Korea, his fourth, comes amid reports that North Korea has failed to make meaningful progress toward denuclearization.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced on Thursday that he would travel to North Korea next week to continue negotiations over the country's nuclear disarmament.
The announcement came as Pompeo named Stephen Biegun, a former George W. Bush administration official and Ford Motor Co. executive, as the U.S. State Department's special representative for North Korea.
"It's a very timely moment for Steve to join the team and come on board. He and I will be traveling to North Korea next week to make further diplomatic progress towards our objective," Pompeo said.
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WNU Editor: Stephen Biegun, the appointed U.S. State Department's special representative for North Korea, will be viewed by the Koreans as the defacto U.S. ambassador to North Korea.
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