Denuclearization on the Korean Peninsula is the goal: State Dept.

There's been lots of talk about putting a formal end to the Korean War.
But the U.S. Department of State has reaffirmed that its focus remains on denuclearization.
It also said it has been making progress with North Korea.
Our Choi Si-young tells us more.
On Tuesday, local time, State Department spokesperson Heather Nauert said the Trump administration's focus is on the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.
She had been asked by reporters at a briefing what the administration's opinion is on formally ending the Korean War... at a time when North Korea has still not taken any concrete steps to denuclearize.

Nauert also said that at the moment, there are no plans at the State Department for working-level talks with the North.
Neither, she said, is Secretary Mike Pompeo scheduled to visit Pyongyang.
But she added that the department will continue to communicate with North Korea as it pursues denuclearization.

Unlike previous years, she noted, the U.S. is talking with North Korea, which she said represented progress.
Also mentioned were the American war dead recently repatriated, which she said was done in the right way.

But asked about whether there has been progress on denuclearization, Nauert declined to answer, saying that she's not going to get ahead of the talks that are happening behind the scenes.
She did say, though, that talks with North Korea are now occurring on a daily basis, and that the U.S. will continue its efforts to make progress in good faith.
Choi Si-young, Arirang News.