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A South Korean newspaper reported Friday that North Korea executed a senior envoy involved in nuclear negotiations with the U.S. as well as four other high-level officials.

But as ever with North Korea, a country that closely guards its secrets, there are reasons to be cautious about the purported purge.

NBC News was not immediately able to independently verify the report. Kim Jong Un’s regime also hasn’t used its propaganda services to comment.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was asked about the report during a visit to Germany Friday.

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Image: North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un and President Donald Trump talk in the garden of the Metropole hotel during the second North Korea-U.S. summit in Hanoi, Vietnam

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and President Donald Trump talk during their summit in Hanoi on Feb. 28.Leah Millis / Reuters file

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