Top North Korean envoy to meet Mike Pompeo in Washington

A North Korean envoy was headed to Washington on Thursday for expected talks with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and a possible encounter with President Donald Trump to lay the groundwork for a second US-North Korea summit, according to a person familiar with the matter.
Kim Yong-chol, Pyongyang’s lead negotiator in denuclearisation talks with the US, was due to meet Pompeo on Friday, the source said, the first major sign of potential movement in a diplomatic effort that had appeared…