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Police in tactical gear block a road leading to the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, Tuesday, March 27, 2018. Unusually heavy security at a Beijing guesthouse where prominent North Koreans have stayed in the past and media reports of a special train arriving have raised speculation that Kim Jong Un is making his first trip to China as North Korea's leader. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

The Latest: Japan says talks must end N. Korean nuke program

Associated Press

Heavily armed police guard an area outside a train station ahead of the arrival of a convoy in Beijing, China, Tuesday, March 27, 2018. The activity followed the arrival Monday of a train resembling one used by North Korea's previous leader, and a foreign guesthouse in Beijing had a heavy security presence overnight. Some media have speculated that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un was making a surprise visit to China. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Train’s visit to Beijing raises speculation of Kim visit

By Christopher Bodeen and Mark Schiefelbein - Associated Press

A special train is seen at Beijing Railway Station in Beijing Tuesday, March 27, 2018. Speculation about a visit to Beijing by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un or another high-level Pyongyang official was running high Tuesday amid talk of preparations for a meeting between the North's reclusive leader and President Donald Trump. (Kyodo News via AP)

Mysterious train sparks speculation of Kim visit to Beijing

By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN and MARK SCHIEFELBEIN - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 18, 2018, file photo, Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi listens to the opening speech at the Leaders Plenary during ASEAN-Australia Special Summit in Sydney, Australia. The Trump administration has slapped sanctions on companies across the globe to punish illicit trade with nuclear-armed North Korea, yet Myanmar, which is suspected of acquiring ballistic missile systems from the pariah state, has escaped the full force of the “maximum pressure” campaign. (Mark Metcalfe/Pool via AP)

Lawmakers call for pressure on Myanmar over Pyongyang ties

By MATTHEW PENNINGTON - Associated Press

AP-NORC Poll: Americans open to Trump’s planned NKorea talks

By MATTHEW PENNINGTON and EMILY SWANSON - Associated Press

In this Feb. 24, 2017, file photo, former U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. John Bolton speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Oxon Hill, Md. President Donald is replacing National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster with Bolton. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Hawks see Bolton having Trump’s back for hard line against North Korea

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Ambassador John Bolton, senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, speaks during Faith and Freedom Coalition's Road to Majority event in Washington, Thursday, June 19, 2014. (AP Photo/Molly Riley) ** FILE **

John Bolton replacing H.R. McMaster as Trump national security adviser

By Dave Boyer and Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

This photo provided by the family of Tony Kim, shows him in California in 2016. Sol Kim, the son of an Tony Kim, an American held in North Korea sees a glimmer of hope that a planned summit by President Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un can help win his father’s freedom. Sol Kim says he remains in the dark about why his father, a 59-year-old Korean American, was detained at Pyongyang airport last April after a monthlong stint teaching accountancy at a university in the North Korean capital. The father, Tony Kim, whose Korean name is Kim San-duk, is one of three Americans North Korea is holding. (Tony Kim family via AP)

Trump-Kim summit offers hope to son of detained American

By MATTHEW PENNINGTON - Associated Press

Gen. Vincent K. Brooks, commander of Combined Forces Command, told the Senate Armed Services Committee that any war with North Korea would be bloody, with its capability to produce chemical weapons. (Associated Press/File)

Inside the Ring: Vincent Brooks on North Korea threat

By Bill Gertz

America’s long history of misjudging North Korea

By Victor Davis Hanson

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. South Korean President Moon Jae-in has always wanted to lead the diplomacy aimed at ending the North Korean nuclear crisis, even as he was overshadowed in his first year in office by a belligerent standoff between Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un. 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) **FILE**

North Korea’s silence clouds prospects of Trump-Kim meeting

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

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

FILE - In this file photo taken on Friday, July 7, 2017, U.S. President Donald Trump, right, meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the G-20 Summit in Hamburg, Germany. The Kremlin said Trump called Putin to congratulate him on re-election, and White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders confirmed that Trump spoke with Putin Tuesday March 20, 2018. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Donald Trump wants to meet with Vladimir Putin soon over ‘arms race,’ North Korea

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Illustration on the upcoming meeting between President Trump and Kim Jong-un by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Meeting with Trump will focus on denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, security assurances

By Joseph R. DeTrani

Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono, left, meets with Deputy Secretary of State John Sullivan, Friday, March 16, 2018, at the State Department in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Trump, SKorea’s Moon vow to keep max pressure on NKorea

By MATTHEW PENNINGTON - Associated Press

A jumbo screen in Tokyo shows President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, who have agreed to face-to-face talks about the North’s nuclear program. (Associated Press/File)

White House growing N. Korea team in anticipation of talks

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

U.S. President Donald Trump, left, smiles with South Korean President Moon Jae-In during a joint press conference at the presidential Blue House in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2017. (Jung Yeon-Je/Pool Photo via AP) ** FILE **

Donald Trump, South Korea prep for nuclear talks with the North

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho leaves the Swedish government building Rosenbad in central Stockholm, Sweden, Friday, March 16, 2018. (Vilhelm Stokstad /TT via AP)

North Korean minister in ‘constructive’ talks in Sweden

By JAN M. OLSEN and DAVID KEYTON - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 7, 2018, file photo, people watch a TV screen showing images of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, right, South Korean President Moon Jae-in, center, and U.S. President Donald Trump at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea. South Korean President Moon Jae-in has always wanted to lead the diplomacy aimed at ending the North Korean nuclear crisis, even as he was overshadowed in his first year in office by a belligerent standoff between Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un. Korean letters on the screen read: &quot;Thawing Korean Peninsula.&quot; (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File)

How SKorea leader took the reins in NKorea nuclear diplomacy

By HYUNG-JIN KIM - Associated Press

Illustration by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Buying the Brooklyn Bridge from North Korea

By Peter Vincent Pry