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In this October 10, 1980, file photo from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency distributed by Korea News Service, leader Kim Il Sung stands at a podium in Pyongyang. For nearly 70 years, the three generations of the Kim family have run North Korea with an absolute rule that tolerates no dissent. The ruling family has devoted much of the country's scarce resources to its military but has constantly feared Washington is intent on destroying the authoritarian government. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP, File)
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In this July 19,1994, file photo released by the Korean Central News Agency and distributed by the Korea News Service, the vehicle carrying the body of North Korean leader Kim Il Sung passes by the honor guard during his funeral in Pyongyang, North Korea. For nearly 70 years, the three generations of the Kim family have run North Korea with an absolute rule that tolerates no dissent. The ruling family has devoted much of the country's scarce resources to its military but has constantly feared Washington is intent on destroying the authoritarian government. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP, File)
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In this February 1948 file photo released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency and distributed by Korea News Service, Kim Il Sung attends the military parade celebrating the creation of the North Korean People's Army. For nearly 70 years, the three generations of the Kim family have run North Korea with an absolute rule that tolerates no dissent. The ruling family has devoted much of the country's scarce resources to its military but has constantly feared Washington is intent on destroying the authoritarian government. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP, File)
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In this photo taken on Saturday, March 1, 2014, provided by the Korean Central News Agency, John Short, an Australian missionary detained for spreading Christianity in North Korea, signs his written apology, at an unknown location in North Korea. North Korea said Monday, March 3, 2014, it will deport Short, saying he apologized for his anti-state religious acts and requested forgiveness. Authorities in North Korea have been investigating Short since his arrest for secretly spreading Bible tracts near a Buddhist temple in Pyongyang on Feb. 16, the birthday of late leader Kim Jong Il, the North's official Korean Central News Agency said. (AP Photo/Korean Central News Agency)
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FILE - In this Nov. 9, 2013 file photo released by the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) and distributed Nov. 30, 2013 by the Korea News Service, U.S. citizen Merrill Newman, 85, reads a document, which North Korean authorities say was an apology that Newman wrote and read in North Korea. North Korea said Saturday Dec. 7, 2013, that it has deported the elderly U.S. tourist and war veteran detained for more than a month for alleged hostile acts against the country. (AP Photo/KCNA via KNS)
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In this Nov. 9, 2013 photo released by the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) and distributed Nov. 30, 2013 by the Korea News Service, U.S. citizen Merrill Newman, 85, applies his thumb print to a document which North Korean authorities say was an apology which Newman wrote and read in North Korea. Newman, an avid traveler and retired finance executive, was taken off a plane Oct. 26 by North Korean authorities while preparing to leave the country after a 10-day tour. (AP Photo/KCNA via KNS) JAPAN OUT UNTIL 14 DAYS AFTER THE DAY OF TRANSMISSION
