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FILE - In this April 27, 2018 file photo, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, left, and South Korean President Moon Jae-in raise their hands after signing a joint statement at the border village of Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone, South Korea. President Moon faces his toughest challenge yet in his third summit with Kim in Pyongyang, where he will be pressed to deliver substantive agreements beyond the vague aspirational statements on denuclearization that have been repeated in past months. (Korea Summit Press Pool via AP, File)

Moon faces toughest challenge yet in 3rd summit with Kim

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

S. Korea’s Moon asks Indonesia’s help for inter-Korea peace

Associated Press

In this Thursday, Sept. 6, 2018, photo, South Korean President Moon Jae-in smiles as he presides over a meeting to make preparations for upcoming summit between South and North Korea in Pyongyang, North Korea, from Sept. 18-20 at the presidential Blue House in Seoul, South Korea. Moon said Friday, Sept. 7, that he's pushing for &quot;irrevocable progress&quot; on efforts to rid North Korea of its nukes by the end of this year as he prepares for his third summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. (Hwang Gwang-mo/Yonhap via AP)

SKorea seeks ‘irrevocable progress’ on nukes by year’s end

By HYUNG-JIN KIM and KEN THOMAS - Associated Press

FILE- in this April 27, 2018, file photo, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, left, and South Korean President Moon Jae-in raise their hands after signing on a joint statement at the border village of Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone, South Korea. As North Korea prepares for a massive parade Sunday, Sept. 9, 2018, to celebrate the 70th anniversary of its founding, worry is rising in South Korea that a tentative detente is slipping away. Senior Chinese official Li Zhanshu will also attend the parade, which would underscore China’s role as an important player in efforts to solve the nuclear crisis. (Korea Summit Press Pool via AP, File)

North Korean parade a tricky prelude to inter-Korean summit

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

South Korean President Moon Jae-in, second from left, presides over a meeting with his security ministers, including National Security Advisor Chung Eui-yong, second from right, and National Intelligence Service Director Suh Hoon, third from right, one day before Chung and Suh make a one-day trip to North Korea at the presidential Blue House in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2018. A South Korean presidential delegation on Wednesday, Sept. 5, plans to leave for North Korea for talks to arrange a summit planned later this month and rescue a faltering nuclear diplomacy between Washington and Pyongyang. (Hwang Gwang-mo/Yonhap via AP)

N.Korea media: Kim vows nuclear-free Korea amid standoff

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

In this June 1, 2018, file photo, South Korean Unification Minister Cho Myoung-gyon, center, speaks to the media before leaving for the border village of Panmunjom to attend South and North Korean meeting, at the Office of the South Korea-North Korea Dialogue in Seoul, South Korea. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File)

Seoul: Rival Koreas to meet to prepare for leaders’ summit

By Youkyung Lee - Associated Press

South Korea's President Moon Jae-in is seen on a video screen as he delivers his speech entitled &quot;ROK and ASEAN: Partners for Achieving Peace and Co-prosperity in East Asia&quot; during the 42nd Singapore Lecture organized by the Institute of South East Asian Studies (ISEAS) in Singapore, Friday, July 13, 2018. (AP Photo/Yong Teck Lim)

Moon presses Trump, Kim for breakthrough in nuclear talks

By ANNABELLE LIANG and KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

Destination signs to North Korea's capital Pyongyang, top, and the United States, center, are seen at the Imjingak Pavilion in Paju near the border village of Panmunjom, South Korea, Wednesday, June 13, 2018. While South Koreans cheered with hope and China saw an opening to discuss lifting sanctions on North Korea, some countries in Europe and the Mideast cautioned Tuesday that it was premature to judge U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's summit a success. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Trump-Kim summit raises new questions over South Korean role

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

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, right, walks with U.S. Gen. Vincent K. Brooks, left, commander of United States Forces Korea, upon his arrival at Osan Air Base in Pyeongtaek, Wednesday, June 13, 2018. South Korea's presidential office said Pompeo will meet President Moon Jae-in Thursday morning to discuss the meeting, which made history as the first between sitting leaders of the U.S. and North Korea. (Jung Yeon-je/Pool Photo via AP)

The Latest: Moon sees strong support for summit in South

Associated Press

In this May 26, 2018, photo provided on May 27, 2018, by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, left, and South Korean President Moon Jae-in, right, shake hands after their meeting at the northern side of Panmunjom in 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)

S. Korea: Kim commits to summit with Trump, denuclearization

By HYUNG-JIN KIM and FOSTER KLUG - Associated Press

Protesters hold candle lights during a rally to denounce the United States' policies against North Korea near the U.S. embassy in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, May 25, 2018. North Korea said Friday that it's still willing to sit down for talks with the United States &quot;at any time, at any format&quot; just hours after President Donald Trump abruptly canceled his planned summit with the North's leader Kim Jong Un. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

With US talks in limbo, Korean leaders hold surprise summit

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 27, 2018, file photo, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, left, poses with South Korean President Moon Jae-in for a photo inside the Peace House at the border village of Panmunjom in Demilitarized Zone, South Korea. (Korea Summit Press Pool via AP. Pool, File)

Canceled Trump-Kim summit tests Moon’s middleman role

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

A man is reflected on a TV screen showing North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, right, and U.S. President Donald Trump in Tokyo Friday, May 25, 2018. President Donald Trump on Thursday abruptly canceled his summit with North Korea's Kim Jong Un, blaming &quot;tremendous anger and open hostility&quot; by Pyongyang , a decision North Korea called &quot;regrettable&quot; while still holding out hope for &quot;peace and stability.&quot; The Japanese, bottom, read &quot; Summit between U.S. and North Korea.&quot; (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Timeline of diplomatic developments on Korean Peninsula

Associated Press

South Korean President Moon Jae-In listens during a meeting with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, May 22, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Moon Jae-in, South Korea president, calls emergency meeting after Donald Trump cancels Kim summit

By David R. Sands - The Washington Times

In this May 22, 2018, photo, President Donald Trump welcomes South Korean President Moon Jae-in to the White House in Washington. Ahead of a planned summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, Trump’s focus has been on stagecraft, the untiring will- they-won’t-they drama, and prospects for a legacy-defining nuclear deal. The human rights woes of North Koreans have been more of an afterthought.(AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Moon scrambles to halt meltdown in North Korea diplomacy

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Choe Son Hui, deputy director general of the Department of U.S. Affairs of North Korean Foreign Ministry, briefs journalists outside the North Korean embassy in Beijing Thursday, June 23, 2016. Choe is in Beijing to attend the Northeast Asia Cooperation Dialogue and said North Korea is confident of coping with nuclear war. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

North Korea official calls Mike Pence ‘political dummy,’ renews threat to cancel Trump summit

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump meets with South Korean President Moon Jae-In in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, May 22, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Donald Trump says summit with North Korea ‘may not work out’ for June 12

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2017, file photo, President Donald Trump, left, and South Korean President Moon Jae-in smile during a joint news conference at the Blue House in Seoul, South Korea. For a few months, everything seemed to be clicking into place for South Korean President Moon Jae-in as he meticulously set up crucial nuclear negotiations between Washington and Pyongyang following a year of intense animosity. But he now heads into a White House meeting with President Donald Trump with uncertainty over his status in the diplomatic driver’s seat. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Moon enters talks with Trump with driver’s seat at stake

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

In this May 16, 2018, file photo, President Donald Trump listens to a question during a meeting with Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. Trump’s team is running out of time to rewrite the North American Free Trade Agreement this year. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Donald Trump to meet South Korean president amid uncertainty over Kim Jong-un summit

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

A combination of two file photos shows U.S. President Donald Trump, left, in Cleveland, Ohio, May 5, 2018, and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, right, in Panmunjom, South Korea, April 27, 2018. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, Korea Summit Press Pool via AP, File) **FILE**

North Korea cancels talks with South, threatens to pull out of U.S. summit: Report

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times