korean leader kim jung-un pledge towards denuclearization, a pledge made here in singapore less than two months ago during that historic first face-to-face encounter between kim jung-un and u.s. president trump. pompeo went on to say that he was urging southeast asian nations to continue the diplomatic and economic isolation around the north korean regime, calling on all countries to continue enforcement of united nations security council resolutions banning for example illegal ship to ship transfer of petroleum headed to north korea. and he also singled out russia accusing it of being involved in helping north korea evade united nations embargoes. >> we have seen reports that russia is allowing for joint ventures with north korean firms and granting new work permits to