met for about four hours at the Filoli Historic House Garden in Woodside.

A motorcade took Pompeo and his delegation to the Koryo Hotel.They were the latest in a series of Americans who have been detained by North Korea in recent years for seemingly small offenses and typically freed when senior U.

a military presence that has been preserved to deter North Korea since the war ended in 1953 without a peace treaty.who went in 2000 as part of an unsuccessful bid to arrange a meeting between then-President Bill Clinton and Kim Jong-uns father.citing the will of the Korean people.

I hope to build mutual trust with the U.North Korean officials were on hand to greet Pompeo.

Trump said at the White House as he announced Pompeos visit on Wednesday.

This is not a result of sanctions that have been imposed from outside.Biden said there is no substitute for face-to-face discussions.

A senior administration official noted early Wednesday that when the Chinese spy balloon went across the U.But Im not gonna continue to sustain the support for positions where if you want to invest in China.

including the commander of the U.but moved immediately to suggest that force could potentially be used.