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U.S. Vice President Mike Pence, left, shakes hands with Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe during a joint news conference at Abe's official residence in Tokyo Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2018. (Kiyoshi Ota/Pool Photo via AP)

Mike Pence says U.S. to unveil ‘toughest’ sanctions on North Korea

By Zeke Miller - Associated Press

This 2015 file photo provided by the North Korean government shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and his sister Kim Yo-jong, left, during their visit to a military unit in North Korea. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP, File)

Kim Yo-jong, sister of North Korean leader, to come to South for Olympics

By Kim Tong-hyung - Associated Press

This image provided by Samsung shows a Galaxy Note 8 Olympic Games phone. Samsung Electronics donated the limited edition phones for athletes and officials at the International Olympic Committee so that they can document every moment and share their memories with the world. The Winter Olympic Games organizer is in limbo whether handing out the device to North Koreans would violate global sanctions. (Samsung via AP)

To give or not Samsung phone to North Korean Olympians

By YOUKYUNG LEE - Associated Press

North Korean ship Mangyongbong-92 carrying art troupe members arrives at Mukho port in Donghae, South Korea Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2018. The art troupe, led by Hyon Song Wol, also the leader of the famous Moranbong girl band hand-picked by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, will perform in Gangneung and Seoul on Feb. 8 and Feb. 11, respectively, before returning home. (Song Kyung-Seok/Pool Photo via AP)

South mulls meeting N. Korean request to fuel artists’ ship

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

North Korea's Ryom Tae Ok, top, and Kim Ju Sik, perform during a Pairs Figure Skating training session prior to the 2018 Winter Olympics in Gangneung, South Korea, Saturday, Feb. 3, 2018. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

N. Korea dominates pre-Olympic media coverage at Pyeongchang

By HYUNG-JIN KIM - Associated Press

South Koreans wave unification flags as North Korea's Mangyongbong-92 ferry carrying North Korea's members of art troupe approaching to Mukho Port in Donghae, South Korea, Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2018. The art troupe, led by Hyon Song Wol, also the leader of the famous Moranbong girl band hand-picked by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, will perform in Gangneung and Seoul on Feb. 8 and Feb. 11, respectively, before returning home. (Kim Do-hoon/Yonhap via AP)

By boat, N. Korean musicians arrive in South for Olympic gig

By ERIC TALMADGE - Associated Press

China says mid-course missile interceptor test successful

By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN - Associated Press

Illustration on highlighting the plight of North Korea's people by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Donald Trump’s focus on human rights hits Kim Jong-un where it hurts

By Donald Manzullo

Sen. Chris Van Hollen, Maryland Democrat. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Chris Van Hollen: Trump doesn’t have legal authority for ‘bloody nose’ strike on North Korea

By Sally Persons - The Washington Times

Dad of North Korea detainee to be guest of Pence at Olympics

Associated Press

In this Feb. 1, 2018, photo, Vice President Mike Pence addresses the Republican National Committee (RNC) Winter Meeting in Washington. Credit Pence with good timing when it comes to trying to avoid political messes. Another government shutdown looms at week's end and the Russia investigation is grabbing headlines, but the vice president will be at the Olympics in South Korea. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Mike Pence says he hasn’t ruled out meeting with North Korea officials

By Zeke Miller - Associated Press

Olympic rings glow next to art installations prior to the 2018 Winter Olympics in Gangneung, South Korea, Sunday, Feb. 4, 2018. Gangneung is the site of the coastal cluster which will host ice hockey, figure skating, speed skating, short track and curling for the 2018 Olympics. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

Seoul: N. Korea to send nominal head of state to S. Korea

By HYUNG-JIN KIM - Associated Press

North Korea says US actions threaten inter-Korean relations

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

North Korea Olympic Participation Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

North Korea may want to resume negotiations after the Winter Olympics

By Joseph R. DeTrani

US confident in Olympics security despite NKorea tensions

By MATTHEW LEE - Associated Press

Ji Seong-ho holds up his crutches after his introduction by President Trump during the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Ji Seong-ho holds up crutches in defiance of North Korean regime

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

South Korean skiers on the chartered flight wave to the media before taking off to North Korea at Yangyang International Airport in Yangyang, South Korea, Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2018. Several South Korean skiers headed to North Korea on Wednesday to train with its athletes in a conciliatory gesture the countries planned to mark the Winter Olympics in the South. (Korea Pool/Yonhap via AP)

South Korean skiers arrive in North for joint training event

Associated Press

In this Jan. 24, 2018, photo, the Olympic Rings is placed at the beach before sunrise in Gangneung, South Korea. South Korea says North Korea has cancelled one of key joint cooperation projects planned for next month's Winter Olympics in the South. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

Seoul: North Korea cancels pre-Olympic joint cultural event

By Hyung-jin Kim - Associated Press

A mother and her daughter take a rest on the slopes at the Masik Pass ski resort in North Korea Sunday, Jan. 28, 2018. The ski resort, built in 2013 at the order of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, is to be the site of joint training for North and South Korean skiers ahead of the Pyeongchang Olympics. (AP Photo/Eric Talmadge)

Koreas try out Olympic diplomacy at North Korean ski resort

By ERIC TALMADGE - Associated Press

In this photo provided by South Korea Presidential Blue House through Yonhap News Agency, South Korean President Moon Jae-in speaks about a fire during a meeting at the presidential Blue House in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Jan. 26, 2018. A fire swept through a hospital for the elderly in southeastern South Korea on Friday, killing more than 30 people and injuring dozens in one of the country's deadliest fires in recent years. (South Korea Presidential Blue House/Yonhap via AP)

South Korean President Moon Jae-in takes hit in polls with North Korea overture

By David R. Sands - The Washington Times