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FILE - Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un shake hands during their meeting in Vladivostok, Russia on April 25, 2019. Kim may travel to Russia for a summit with Putin, a U.S. official said, in a trip would underscore deepening cooperation as the two leaders are locked in separate confrontations with the U.S. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, Pool, File)

Kim Jong-Un and Putin may meet. What do North Korea and Russia need from each other?

By Hyung-Jin Kim and Kim Tong-hyung - Associated Press

This photo provided on Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2023, by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un speaks during his visit to the navy headquarter in North Korea, on Aug. 27, 2023. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: "KCNA" which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP, File)

Kim Jong-un gets serious with image after global ridicule of news

By Andrew Salmon - The Washington Times

Members of a civic group seeking compensation from Japanese firms over forced labor during World War II and opposition lawmakers stage a rally to oppose the government's reported resolution to the issue outside the National Assembly in Seoul, Thursday, Jan. 12, 2023. The banners read "Apology and compensation from Japanese war criminal companies and condemn the government of President Yoon Suk Yeol." (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

South Korea plans fund to compensate forced labor victims

By Kim Tong-Hyung - Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un shake hands during their meeting in Vladivostok, Russia, April 25, 2019. As the war in Ukraine stretches into its seventh month, North Korea is hinting at its interest in sending construction workers to help rebuild Russian-occupied territories in the country's east. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, Pool, File)

North Korea may send workers to Russian-occupied east Ukraine

By Kim Tong-Hyung - Associated Press

A teacher takes the body temperature of a schoolgirl to help curb the spread of the coronavirus before entering Kim Song Ju Primary School in Central District in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Oct. 13, 2021. According to North Korea, its fight against COVID-19 has been impressive: About 3.3 million people have been reported sick with fevers, but only 69 have died. (AP Photo/Cha Song Ho, File)

Widespread disbelief over North Korea’s tiny COVID death rate

By Hyung-jin Kim - Associated Press

FILE - People watch a TV screen showing a news program reporting with an image of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, at a train station in Seoul, South Korea on May 16, 2022. North Korean propaganda describes an all-out effort to fight a suspected COVID-19 outbreak that has sickened nearly 2 million people. But defectors say fear is palpable among North Korean citizens who lack access to hospital care and struggle to afford even basic medicine. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, File)

Tea and infomercials: N. Korea fights COVID with few tools

By Hyung-Jin Kim and Kim Tong-Hyung - Associated Press

This undated photo released by Netflix shows South Korean cast members, from left, Park Hae-soo, Lee Jung-jae and Jung Ho-yeon in a scene from &quot;Squid Game.&quot; Squid Game, a globally popular South Korea-produced Netflix show that depicts hundreds of financially distressed characters competing in deadly children’s games for a chance to escape severe debt, has struck a raw nerve at home, where there’s growing discontent over soaring household debt, decaying job markets and worsening income inequality. (Youngkyu Park/Netflix via AP) ** FILE **

‘Squid Game’ strikes nerve in debt-ridden South Korea

By Kim Tong-hyung - Associated Press

In this March 2, 2019, file photo, Kim Yo-jong, sister of North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un attends a wreath-laying ceremony at Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum in Hanoi, Vietnam. She said Friday, Sept. 24, 2021, North Korea is willing to resume talks with South Korea if it lifts hostility on her country. (Jorge Silva/Pool Photo via AP, File)

North Korea offers talks, likely trying to get sanctions relief

By Hyung-jin Kim - Associated Press

A car goes out of the North Korean Embassy in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Friday, March 19, 2021. North Korea on Friday said it was cutting diplomatic ties with Malaysia to protest a recent court ruling that allows a North Korean citizen to be extradited to the United States to face money laundering charges. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

North Korea cuts ties with Malaysia over US extradition

By HYUNG-JIN KIM and EILEEN NG - Associated Press

In this Nov. 15, 2020, file photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un attends a meeting of the ruling Workers' Party Politburo in Pyongyang, North Korea. Kim is facing the toughest challenges of his nine-year rule. His country’s fragile economy was battered this year by pandemic-related border closings and natural disasters. He’s also likely concerned about President-elect Joe Biden’s expected new approach to North Korea. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP, File)

Mired in crises, North Korea’s Kim to open big party meeting

By Hyung-jin Kim and Kim Tong-hyung - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 10, 2015, file photo, warheads are paraded during a military parade during celebrations to mark the 70th anniversary of North Korea's Workers' Party in Pyongyang, North Korea. For months, North Korea has been relatively uncombative, as leader Kim Jong Un grapples with the coronavirus pandemic, a string of natural disasters and the deepening economic pain from years of tough U.S.-led sanctions. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E, File)

North Korea may show new missiles at weekend military parade

By HYUNG-JIN KIM and KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

Police officers carry the body of Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, July 10, 2020. The missing mayor of South Korea's capital, reportedly embroiled in sexual harassment allegations, was found dead early Friday, more than half a day after giving his daughter a will-like message and then leaving home, police said. (Ryu Young-suck/Yonhap via AP)

Seoul mayor’s death prompts sympathy, questions of his acts

By Hyung-jin and Kim Tong-hyung - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 27, 2018, file photo, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, left, and South Korean President Moon Jae-in cross the military demarcation line at the border village of Panmunjom in Demilitarized Zone. On both sides of the world's most heavily armed border Thursday, June 25, 2020, solemn ceremonies will mark the 70th anniversary of the outbreak of a war that killed and injured millions, left large parts of the Korean Peninsula in rubble and technically still continues. (Korea Summit Press Pool via AP. File)

70 years after Korean war, animosity and fear still linger

By KIM TONG-HYUNG and HYUNG-JIN KIM - Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 28, 2020, file photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, center, inspects the military drill of units of the Korean People's Army, with soldiers shown wearing face masks. North Korea says it has zero coronavirus infections, but experts doubt it and say it’s likely the virus has already spread in the country. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: &quot;KCNA&quot; which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP, File)

North Korean defectors, experts question zero virus claim

By HYUNG-JIN KIM - Associated Press

FILE - In this Friday, Feb. 28, 2020, file photo provided on Feb. 29, 2020 by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, center, inspects the military drill of units of the Korean People's Army, with soldiers shown wearing face masks. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: &quot;KCNA&quot; which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP, File)

North Korean swagger may conceal brewing virus disaster

By FOSTER KLUG - Associated Press

People watch a TV showing a file image of an unspecified North Korea's missile launch during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Oct. 31, 2019. South Korea's military said North Korea on Thursday fired two projectiles toward its eastern sea, an apparent resumption of weapons tests aimed at ramping up pressure on Washington over a stalemate in nuclear negotiations. The sign reads: &quot;North Korea fired two projectiles.&quot; (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

North Korea fires 2 missiles in the sea amid stalled talks

By Kim Tong-hyung and Hyung-jin Kim - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 1, 2009, file photo, North Korea's Jong Tae Se, left, fights for the ball against South Korea's Lee Young-pyo during their 2010 FIFA World Cup Asia group 2 qualifying soccer match at Seoul World Cup Stadium in Seoul, South Korea. The South Korean men's national soccer team's path to the 2022 World Cup in Qatar will include a crucial road match against North Korea, but it's unclear whether a rare match between the Koreas in Pyongyang will materialize considering the political tension between the rivals. (AP Photo/ Lee Jin-man, File)

South Korea faces potential WCup qualifier in North Korea

By HYUNG-JIN KIM and KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

People in Seoul watched a TV screen Sunday showing President Trump, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in at the border villages of Panmunjom. (Associated Press)

SKoreans react with hope, skepticism over Trump-Kim meeting

By KIM TONG-HYUNG and HYUNG-JIN KIM - Associated Press

People watch a TV news program reporting about Chinese President Xi Jinping's state visit to North Korea with file footage of Xi and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, June 18, 2019. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

China, North Korea look to strengthen ties amid US disputes

By HYUNG-JIN KIM and KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

This Saturday, May 4, 2019, photo provided on Sunday, May 5, 2019, by the North Korean government shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, equipped with binoculars, observing tests of different weapons systems, in North Korea. North Korean state media on Sunday said leader Kim observed live-fire drills of long-range multiple rocket launchers and unspecified tactical guided weapons, a day after South Korea’s military detected the North launching several unidentified short-range projectiles into the sea off its eastern coast. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: &quot;KCNA&quot; which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)

Kim Jong-un puts North Korea troops on ‘high alert’ amid live-fire missile drills

By Kim Tong-hyung - Associated Press