Yonhap news agency says U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is likely to meet with his North Korean counterpart in the United States next week. The news agency reports that the two sides are trying to arrange a meeting shortly after the U.S. midterm elections on Nov. 6.

Pompeo told VOA contributor Greta Van Susteren in an interview on Oct. 19 that he hoped the meeting would take place "in the next week and a half or so."

Yonhap reported Monday that a South Korean diplomatic source with knowledge of U.S.-North Korea negotiations said, "At the time of Secretary Pompeo's remarks, [the meeting] was being planned for the end of October, but I understand that it was delayed by a couple days due to circumstances on the U.S. side."

"The location will probably be the U.S. East Coast," the source said.

Pompeo has met during previous talks with Kim Yong-chol, vice chairman of North Korea's ruling Workers' Party Central Committee. However, the Nikkei Asian Review is reporting that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's sister Kim Yo-jong could also join the talks. Kim Yo-jong is said to have a close relationship with her brother.

