North Korea released three US prisoners

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Prior to the historic top meeting of the trump with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, Pyongyang took this step.

On Wednesday, Trump announced the diplomatic victory in a tweet, saying Foreign Minister Mike Pompey is returning home with three nice gentlemen, everyone is waiting for whom to meet.

The three US citizens are healthy and in talks with Kim, the two leaders talked during the meeting and the place was correct.

Pompe also visited North Korea to finalize the plan for the summit meeting. And according to the way three Americans were released, Trump said.

The move to release US prisoners is positive for the forthcoming Kim-Trump meeting, said South Korea.

On Thursday morning, Pompey was about to reach Andrews air base outside of Washington with three people.

Trump is eagerly waiting for them and he will welcome them personally, in tweets.

The three Americans released are Kim Hawk, Tony Kim and Kim Dong-Hair. They were kept in the prison camp for espionage and anti-state activities. The United States has always demanded their release.

Journalists traveling to North Korea with US Foreign Minister Pampier said that in less than an hour of release, the plane has left with three people.

64-year-old Kim Dong-hair, who was the longest prisoner among the three American Americans of Korean descent, He was arrested in October 2015. South Korean spy agency accused him of espionage in North Korea against him. In April of 2016, he was jailed for 10 years.

Then in April of 2017, Tony Kim, 59, was detained at Pyongyang airport. He was arrested on charges of criminal and hostile activities aimed at North Korea's fall.

Two weeks later, Kim Huq-san was arrested. He was also arrested for suspected action against North Korea.

A US official who visited North Korea with Pompere said that there has been significant progress in meeting with Kim and the two parties agreed to jointly cooperate more in planning the summit.

Moreover, there is an agreement on meeting again to finalize the details in this regard.

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It is extremely unfortunate that Otto Warmbier, the young adult that was arrested in DPRK, didn't make it to this point.

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