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Se Young Jang, a fellow at the Stanton Nuclear Security at [[MIT]]'s Security Studies Program, said timing was crucial compared to the previous Clinton Administration's [[Agreed Framework]] with North Korea that failed to proceed. Trump and Kim Jong Un both revealed details of the summit, which left very little room for flexible compromises for future negotiations.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nationalinterest.org/blog/korea-watch/hanoi-summit-%E2%80%93-we-asked-se-young-jang-what-happens-next-us-north-korea-relations|title=The Hanoi Summit – We Asked Se Young Jang What Happens Next in U.S.-North Korea Relations|first=Se Young|last=Jang|date=March 12, 2019|website=The National Interest|access-date=April 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403133417/https://nationalinterest.org/blog/korea-watch/hanoi-summit-%E2%80%93-we-asked-se-young-jang-what-happens-next-us-north-korea-relations|archive-date=April 3, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
Pompeo said in an interview with CBS on April 5 that he believed that the summit was an opportunity for both the U.S. and North Korea to have a deeper understanding of each other, and hoped that a third Trump–Kim summit would happen in the near future. He also believed that [[South Korea]] is helping with the denuclearization efforts, and he understands that many North and South Koreans have the same blood and they are family.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nknews.org/2019/04/pompeo-hopes-for-third-u-s-north-korea-summit/|title=Pompeo hopes for third U.S. - North Korea summit - NK News - North Korea News|date=April 5, 2019|website=[[NK News]]|access-date=April 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190409043849/https://www.nknews.org/2019/04/pompeo-hopes-for-third-u-s-north-korea-summit/|archive-date=April 9, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=httphttps://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2019/04/103_266726.html|title=Pompeo says he is 'confident' 3rd US-NK summit will happen|date=April 6, 2019|website=[[The Korea Times]]|access-date=April 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190409134436/http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2019/04/103_266726.html|archive-date=April 9, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
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== Satellite imagery of Sohae Launching Station ==
Days after the summit ended, commercial satellite imagery indicated that reconstruction of the [[Sohae Satellite Launching Station]], which previously appeared to be in the middle of dismantling by North Korea, may have been performed during the summit, and that the site could be operational.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/05/world/asia/north-korea-missile-site.html|title=North Korea Has Started Rebuilding Key Missile-Test Facilities, Analysts Say|first=Choe|last=Sang-Hun|newspaper=The New York Times |date=March 5, 2019|access-date=March 7, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190307200843/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/05/world/asia/north-korea-missile-site.html|archive-date=March 7, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korea-agency-says-movement-at-pyongyang-icbm-research-complex-detected|title=Movement at North Korea ICBM Plant Viewed as Missile-Related-South Korea|newspaper=The Straits Times |date=March 7, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/north-korea-completes-work-on-missile-facility-images-show-11551967478|title=North Korean Missile Site Appears Operational, Images Show|first=Michael R.|last=Gordon|newspaper=Wall Street Journal |date=March 7, 2019|via=www.wsj.com|access-date=March 7, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190307202206/https://www.wsj.com/articles/north-korea-completes-work-on-missile-facility-images-show-11551967478|archive-date=March 7, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> A senior [[United States State Department|U.S. State Department]] official acknowledged "some level of reassembly" but stopped short of concluding the site was operational.{{Citation needed|date=September 2020}} Town remarked: "Given how much has been done at this site, it looks like more than a couple days' worth of activity ... It's hard to say if it happened immediately after the summit and they just rushed everything — I guess it's possible — but it's more likely that it started just before."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/north-korea-rebuilds-rocket-engine-test-site-in-ominous-signal-about-attitude-to-talks/2019/03/05/de9c7e54-3faf-11e9-a44b-42f4df262a4c_story.html|title=North Korea rebuilds rocket launch site, in ominous signal about attitude to talks|newspaper=Washington Post|access-date=March 10, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190309145725/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/north-korea-rebuilds-rocket-engine-test-site-in-ominous-signal-about-attitude-to-talks/2019/03/05/de9c7e54-3faf-11e9-a44b-42f4df262a4c_story.html|archive-date=March 9, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> South Korean [[National Intelligence Service (South Korea)|National Intelligence Service]] chief [[Suh Hoon]] said there was recent transport vehicle activity at the Sanumdong [[ICBM]] factory.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mwww.koreatimes.co.kr/pageswww/articlenation/2024/05/113_264988.asp?newsIdx=264988html|title=US baffled by reports on NK missile sites|date=March 7, 2019|website=[[The Korea Times]]|access-date=March 10, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190312021457/http://m.koreatimes.co.kr/pages/article.asp?newsIdx=264988|archive-date=March 12, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> Some analysts believed that the renewed activity at Sohae and Sanumdong was designed to pressure Washington back to the negotiating table, rather than to actually restart the nuclear testing program.<ref name="Australian-7">{{cite web|url=https://au.news.yahoo.com/trump-open-more-talks-north-korea-201339492--spt.html|title='Normal operations' at NKorea launch site|date=March 8, 2019|website=au.news.Yahoo.com|access-date=April 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190427100405/https://au.news.yahoo.com/trump-open-more-talks-north-korea-201339492--spt.html|archive-date=April 27, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
== See also ==