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In this June 20, 2017, file photo provided by South Korean Defense Ministry, U.S. Air Force B-1B bombers, top, and second from top, and South Korean fighter jets F-15K fly over the Korean Peninsula, South Korea. A South Korean military official said Friday, Nov. 3, 2017, the B-1B bombers based in Guam were escorted by two South Korean F-16 fighter jets during the drills Thursday at a field near the South's eastern coast. The drills simulated attacks on land targets, but didn't involve live weapons, said the official, who did not want to be named, citing office rules. (South Korean Defense Ministry via AP, File)

U.S. bombers from Guam conduct exercise over Korean Peninsula

By Kim Tong-Hyung - Associated Press

National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster gestures as he answers questions from members of the media during the daily briefing in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House, Thursday, Nov. 2, 2017. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) ** FILE **

White House: NKorea could be listed as terrorism sponsor

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 6, 2017 file photo, President Donald Trump meets with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, right, and South Korean President Moon Jae-in before the Northeast Asia Security dinner at the US Consulate General Hamburg, in Hamburg. The U.S. president, who will visit Japan, South Korea and China before attending regional summits in Vietnam and the Philippines, has blended moments of flattery with vows to rip up trade deals, destroy a sovereign nation with nuclear weapons and generally crash longstanding norms of diplomacy anywhere it suits his aims.(AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Asia braces for Trump and his unpredictable foreign policy

By FOSTER KLUG - Associated Press

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, shown here on state television, is not fully aware of the U.S. military might, a high-level defector says. (Associated Press/File)

Nuclear club rules scorned by rogue nations

By Victor Davis Hanson

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, shown here on state television, is not fully aware of the U.S. military might, a high-level defector says. (Associated Press/File)

Thae Yong-ho, North Korea defector, urges Donald Trump to talk with Kim Jong-un

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

This Saturday, Oct. 7, 2017, file photo distributed by the North Korean government shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-un speaking during a meeting of the central committee of the Workers' Party of Korea in Pyongyang. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)

High-level North Korea defector: Face-to-face meeting with Kim Jong-un ‘necessary’

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

South Korean protesters stage a rally against a planned visit by the U.S. President Donald Trump, near the presidential Blue House in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2017. Trump will arrive in South Korea on Nov. 7 for a two-day visit to hold a summit with South Korean President Moon Jae-in. The signs read &quot; We oppose Trump's visit.&quot; (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Trump chooses visit to military base over DMZ

By JILL COLVIN and MATTHEW PENNINGTON - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 25, 2017, file photo, former North Korean deputy ambassador to the UK, Thae Yong Ho, center, speaks with media at the Foreign Correspondents Club in Seoul, South Korea. The highest-level North Korean defector in two decades says America should bring change peacefully by challenging the totalitarian regime's grip on information rather than resorting to military action. (Ed Jones, Pool Photo via AP, File)

Defector: Information, not force, can bring change in NKorea

By MATTHEW PENNINGTON - Associated Press

This combination of the file photos show Chinese President Xi Jinping, left, on Oct 25, 2017 in Beijing and South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Sept. 21, 2017, at U.N. headquarters. South Korean senior presidential official told a televised briefing Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2017, that President Moon and Xi will talk on the sidelines of an annual regional forum in Vietnam next week. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, Richard Drew, File)

South Korea, China move to resolve disputes and hold summit talks

By Hyung-jin Kim - Associated Press

Seoul: A NKorea nuke test risks radiation leak at test site

By HYUNG-JIN KIM - Associated Press

U.S. Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis speaks during a joint press conference with South Korea's Defense Minister Song Young-moo after the Security Consultative Meeting (SCM) at the Defense Ministry, Saturday, Oct. 28, 2017, in Seoul, South Korea. During the briefing Mattis says the threat of nuclear missile attack by North Korea is accelerating. (Jung Yeon-Je/Pool Photo via AP)

James Mattis, Pentagon chief, says threat of nuclear attack by North Korea accelerating

By Robert Burns - Associated Press

Intelligence agency on Ohio base keeps tabs on threats to US

By BARRIE BARBER - Associated Press

Indonesian Siti Aisyah, second from right, is escorted by police as she arrives for a court hearing at Shah Alam court house in Shah Alam, outside Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2017. Aisyah and Vietnamese Doan Thi Huong were accused of killing Kim Jong-nam, the half brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, at a Malaysian airport. (AP Photo/Sadiq Asyraf)

Kim Jong-nam case: North Korean ‘masterminds’ evade murder trial

By Eric Talmadge - Associated Press

U.S. Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis, left, and South Korea's Defense Minister Song Young-moo hold a joint press conference after the Security Consultative Meeting (SCM) at the Defense Ministry, Saturday, Oct. 28, 2017, in Seoul, South Korea. During the briefing, Mattis says the threat of nuclear missile attack by North Korea is accelerating. (Jung Yeon-Je/Pool Photo via AP)

Pentagon chief says North Korea engages in ‘outlaw’ behavior

By BY ROBERT BURNS - Associated Press

U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis attends the 49th Security Consultative Meeting ( SCM) with South Korean Defense Minister Song Young-moo at Defense Ministry in Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, Oct. 28, 2017. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, Pool)

Mattis says threat of nuclear attack by N.Korea accelerating

By BY ROBERT BURNS - Associated Press

Vice President Mike Pence, center, is greeted by Gov. Doug Burgum Friday, Oct. 27, 2017, after arriving at Minot Air Force Base. At left, Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson is accompanied by Sen. John Hoeven. (Tom Stromme/The Bismarck Tribune via AP)

Pence: Will keep pressuring North Korea to drop nuke plans

By JAMES MacPHERSON - Associated Press

Pentagon chief accuses NKorea of threatening ‘catastrophe’

By ROBERT BURNS - Associated Press

The Latest: Mattis accuses NKorea of threatening catastrophe

Associated Press

FILE - In this March 9, 2017, file photo, the North Korean flag is seen behind razor wire on top of a wall at the North Korean Embassy in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Eight months after the audacious assassination of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s estranged half brother, a Malaysian court is trying to unweave a complicated web of deception, political intrigue and cold-blooded brutality - a scheme allegedly cooked up by a network of North Koreans who have never, and almost certainly never will, set foot in the courthouse. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian, File)

Trump slaps North Korea with new sanctions over human-rights abuses

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, second left, walks with Thai Minister of Defense Gen. Prawit Wongsuwan, as he arrives to attend the Royal Cremation Ceremony of late Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej, in Bangkok, Thailand, Wednesday. Oct. 25, 2017. (Thailand Ministry of Foreign Affairs via AP)

Questions loom as Mattis visits SKorea: Can diplomacy work?

By ROBERT BURNS - Associated Press