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A TV screen shows a blurred photo of North Korean restaurant workers in China, during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Kore, Friday, July 20, 2018. North Korea said that an August reunion of Korean families separated by war may not happen if South Korea doesn't immediately return some of its citizens who arrived in the South in recent years. The signs read: &quot;The two Koreas agreed to hold a reunion of Korean families.&quot; (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

North Korea puts reunion of war-separated families in doubt

By HYUNG-JIN KIM - Associated Press

In this July 4, 2018, photo, South and North Korean players of Team Prosperity wave as they arrive to play in a friendly basketball game at Ryugyong Jong Ju Yong Gymnasium in Pyongyang, North Korea. Their uniforms read: &quot; Prosperity.&quot; (Korea Pool via AP)

Fate of inter-Korean detente hangs on US-North nuclear talks

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

North Korean Vice Railroad Minister Kim Yun-hyok, left, shakes hands with his South Korean counterpart vice Transport Minister Kim Jeong-ryeol upon his arrival to hold a meeting to discuss over inter-Korean cooperation in railway inside the Peace House at the border village of Panmunjom, South Korea, Tuesday, June 26, 2018. (Korea Pool via AP)

Koreas discuss linking railways across border

By Kim Tong-hyung - Associated Press

South Korean Unification Minister Cho Myoung-gyon leaves for the border village of Panmunjom to attend South and North Korea meeting, at the Office of the South Korea-North Korea Dialogue in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2018. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Koreas discuss removing North’s artillery from tense border

By Hyung-jin Kim - Associated Press

In this photo provided by South Korea Defense Ministry, South Korean Maj. Gen. Kim Do-gyun, left, shakes hands with his North Korean counterpart Lt. Gen. An Ik San upon his arrival at the northern side of Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone, North Korea, Thursday, June 14, 2018. The rival Koreas were holding rare high-level military talks Thursday to discuss reducing tensions across their heavily fortified border. (South Korea Defense Ministry via AP).

Koreas agree to restore military communication lines

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 18, 2018 file photo, a U.S. soldier stands outside of the Peace House, the venue for the planned summit between South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on April 27 during a press tour at the southern side of the Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone, South Korea. The stakes will be high when North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in sit down Friday, April 27, 2018 in the no man’s land that forms the world’s most heavily armed border. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, File)

Rival Koreas’ leaders face high stakes at historic summit

By FOSTER KLUG - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 5, 2018, file photo, provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, front right, shakes hands with South Korean National Security Director Chung Eui-yong after Chung gave Kim the letter from South Korean President Moon Jae-in, in Pyongyang, North Korea. The upcoming meeting between the leaders of the rival Koreas will be the ultimate test of Moon’s belief that his nation should lead international efforts to deal with North Korea. 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)

Moon faces tough challenges ahead of summit with Kim

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 29, 2018, file photo, a visitor walks by a TV screen showing file footages of South Korean President Moon Jae-in, left, and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, right, during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea. The rival Koreas started on Thursday, April 5, 2018, preparatory talks to set up a summit later this month between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in amid a global diplomatic push to resolve tensions over the North's nuclear program. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man. File)

Koreas holds preparatory talks to set up Kim-Moon summit

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

A U.S. Air Force F-16 fighter jet, bottom, lands at the Osan U.S. Air Base in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, Tuesday, March 20, 2018. At a potentially pivotal moment of diplomacy with North Korea, the Pentagon said Monday that annual U.S.-South Korean military exercises that had been postponed for the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics will begin April 1. (Hong Gi-won/Yonhap via AP)

Low-key U.S.-South Korea military drills ahead of North Korea summits

By Hyung-jin Kim and Robert Burns - Associated Press

In a photo taken Monday, Feb. 12, 2018, Heo Saeng-gum, left, and her husband Kim Woo Il, right, react during an interview before entering the Kwandong Hockey Center to watch their daughter Kim Selin play for the Koreas during a women's hockey game against Sweden at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Gangneung, South Korea. Parents of players at Koreas’ joint women’s hockey team say they are so proud of their daughters for creating history in inter-Korean relations. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

‘So proud’: Parents’ views on joint Korea hockey team evolve

By HYUNG-JIN KIM - Associated Press

In this Feb. 10, 2018, photo, Vice President Mike Pence, center left and South Korean President Moon Jae-in attend the ladies' 500 meters short-track speedskating in the Gangneung Ice Arena at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Gangneung, South Korea. The U.S. is open for talks without preconditions with nuclear North Korea, Pence has declared, subtly shifting White House policy after Olympics-inspired gestures of respect between the rival Koreas. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

NKorea still holds the key after US shifts policy on talks

By MATTHEW PENNINGTON - Associated Press

Kim Yo Jong, sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, second from right, Kim Yong Nam, the 90-year-old president of the Presidium of the North's Parliament, IOC president Thomas Bach and South Korean President Moon Jae-in watch during the second period of the preliminary round of the women's hockey game at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Gangneung, South Korea, Saturday, Feb. 10, 2018. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

South Korea’s Moon may be on brink of legacy-defining moment

By FOSTER KLUG - Associated Press

The South Korean women's hockey team head coach Sarah Murray, center, salutes during an inaugural ceremony for the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2018. A 15-member North Korean women's ice hockey team consisting of 12 players, a coach and support staff was scheduled to arrive in South Korea on Thursday to begin training with South Korean athletes for a unified team that will compete at the Olympics. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

North, South Korea hockey players team up for Olympics

By HYUNG-JIN KIM - Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 10, 2006, file photo, Korea's flag-bearers Bora Lee and Jong-In Lee, carrying a unification flag lead their teams into the stadium during the 2006 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in Turin, Italy. When athletes of the rival Koreas walked together behind a single flag for the first time since their 1945 division at the start of the 2000 Sydney Olympics, it was a highly emotional event that came on the wave of reconciliation mood following their leaders’ first-ever summit talks. Eighteen years later, now, the Koreas are pushing to produce a similar drama during the upcoming Pyeongchang Olympics. But they haven’t generated as much enthusiastic supports as they had both at home and abroad. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta, File)

Joint Olympic flag deal angers conservatives in South Korea

By HYUNG-JIN KIM - Associated Press

Wednesday’s Sports in Brief

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

A bus carrying the South Korean delegations passes as South Korean soldier salutes at Unification Bridge, which leads to the Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone in Paju, South Korea, Monday, Jan. 15, 2018. The rival Koreas agreed to discuss a North Korean art troupe's visit to the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics in the South. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

The Latest: North Korea to send orchestra to South Korea

Associated Press

FILE - In this Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2018, file photo, South Korean Unification Minister Cho Myoung-gyon, right, shakes hands with the head of North Korean delegation Ri Son Gwon during their meeting at the Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone in Paju, South Korea. South Korea said Saturday that North Korea proposed that their talks next week address a North Korean art troupe's visit to the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics in the South, rather than the participation of the nation’s athletes. (Korea Pool via AP)

Rival Koreas agree to talk on art troupe’s visit to Olympics

By YOUKYUNG LEE - Associated Press

Tuesday’s Sports in Brief

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

South Korean President Moon Jae-in answers reporters' question during his New Year news conference at the Presidential Blue House in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2018. Moon said Wednesday he's open to meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un if certain conditions are met, as he vowed to push for more talks with the North to resolve the nuclear standoff. (Kim Hong-Ji/Pool Photo via AP)

SKorea open to summit with North’s Kim, but it won’t be easy

By HYUNG-JIN KIM and KEN MORITSUGU - Associated Press

The head of North Korean delegation Ri Son Gwon, right, exchanges documents with South Korean Unification Minister Cho Myoung-gyon after their meeting at Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone in Paju, South Korea, Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2018. The rival Koreas took steps toward reducing their bitter animosity during rare talks Tuesday, as North Korea agreed to send a delegation to next month's Winter Olympics in South Korea and reopen a military hotline. (Korea Pool/Yonhap via AP)

Venue for Korea talks is potential flash point inside border

By Hyung-jin Kim - Associated Press