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In this Friday, Sept. 29, 2017, photo, Gen. Terrence O'Shaughnessy, U.S. Pacific Air Forces commander, speaks during an interview at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii. The U.S. Air Force's top Asia-Pacific commander says his troops haven't changed the way they operate in response to North Korea's assertion that it would have the right to shoot down U.S. bombers even in international airspace. (AP Photo/Audrey McAvoy)

US general: We’ll fly where international rules allow

By AUDREY McAVOY - Associated Press

FILE - In this Thursday, Aug. 10, 2017, file photo, a man watches a television screen showing U.S. President Donald Trump, left, and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during a news program at the Seoul Train Station in Seoul, South Korea. President Donald Trump's latest tweets on North Korea have received a muted response in South Korea, where media focused more on U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson's acknowledgement that the U.S. is keeping open direct communication channels with the North. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File)

Trump’s N. Korea tweets: Sowing confusion or hard reality?

By YOUKYUNG LEE - Associated Press

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, left, chats with China's President Xi Jinping during a meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Saturday, Sept. 30, 2017. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, Pool)

Trump dismisses talking to North Korea as wasted time

By MATTHEW LEE - Associated Press

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, left, chats with China's President Xi Jinping during a meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Saturday, Sept. 30, 2017. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, Pool)

Trump says envoy ‘wasting his time’ talking to North Korea

By MATTHEW LEE - Associated Press

Ryom Tae-Ok and Kim Ju-Sik of North Korea sit on a bench besides Timothy Leduc of the United States during the pairs free program at the Figure Skating-ISU Challenger Series in Oberstdorf, Germany, Friday, Sept. 29, 2017. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

SKoreans relieved after NKorean skaters qualify for Games

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

Rex Tillerson carries full agenda as he prepares to visit China

By Matthew Pennington - Associated Press

Illustration on possible solutions to the North Korea situation by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

CROSSTALK: North Korea useful US irritant for Russia, China

By L. Todd Wood

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. Malaysia has banned its citizens from traveling to North Korea as the country faces increasing diplomatic pressure over its weapons programs. The foreign ministry announced the ban in a statement Thursday, Sept. 28, 2017, and said it would last until further notice. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian, File)

Malaysia bans travel to North Korea, soccer match postponed

Associated Press

Illustration on a naval quarantine of North Korea by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Quarantining North Korea will help contain threat

By J. William Middendorf II and Dan Negrea

"I'm worried just as much Donald Trump as that crazy guy in North Korea. And he has the nuclear codes. I'm worried about that," filmmaker Spike Lee. (CNN)

Spike Lee fears U.S. starting nuclear war over North Korea

By Victor Morton - The Washington Times

Negative politics in the nation's capital are the greatest threat to the economy says a new poll. About 36 percent cited it as a the concern. (Associated Press)

Inside the Beltway: Politics in Washington the ‘greatest threat’ to U.S. economy, poll finds

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

A South Korean protester holds up a card during a rally to denounce the United States' policy against North Korea in front of U.S. Embassy in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2017. North Korea's top diplomat said Monday that a weekend tweet by U.S. President Donald Trump was a "declaration of war" and North Korea has the right to retaliate by shooting down U.S. bombers, even in international airspace. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

North Korea threats require U.S. to upgrade missile defenses

By Henry F. Cooper and Robert Laidley

FILE – In this March 16, 2016, file photo, American student Otto Warmbier, center, is escorted at the Supreme Court in Pyongyang, North Korea. Fred and Cindy Warmbier, the parents of a young Ohioan who was detained in North Korea for more than a year and died soon after being released, appeared on Fox News' &quot;Fox &amp; Friends&quot; morning TV show Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2017, saying their son was &quot;jerking violently,&quot; howling, and &quot;staring blankly&quot; when he returned home on a medical flight that arrived June 13 in Cincinnati. He died less than a week after returning at University of Cincinnati Medical Center. (AP Photo/Jon Chol Jin, File)

The Latest: Coroner lacks evidence on ex-N. Korea detainee

Associated Press

This image made on Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2017, from propaganda video released by North Korea, shows a B-1B bomber hit by a missile. Military analysts say North Korea doesn't have the capability or intent to attack U.S. bombers and fighter jets, despite the country's top diplomat saying it has the right do so. They view the remark by North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho and a recent propaganda video simulating such an attack as responses to fiery rhetoric by U.S. President Donald Trump and his hardening stance against the North's nuclear weapons program. Words say &quot;Those who dare try to harm the Great Nation of Mount Paektu would never escape the fate of becoming a wandering ghost.&quot; (DPRK Today via AP)

Experts: NKorea lacks ability, intent to attack US planes

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

Illustration on disarming nuclear North Korea by Linas Garsy/The Washington Times

North Korea must be disarmed with U.S. strikes

By Peter Vincent Pry

Gen. Joseph Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told the Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday, "While the political space is clearly very charged right now, we haven't seen a change in the posture of North Korean forces." (Associated Press)

North Korean military not geared up for battle, despite heated rhetoric: Joint Chiefs chairman

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

Gen. Joseph Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told the Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday, "While the political space is clearly very charged right now, we haven't seen a change in the posture of North Korean forces." (Associated Press)

Donald Trump vows to ‘fix the mess’ of North Korea

By Dave Boyer and Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

North Koreans attend an opening ceremony of the 13th Pyongyang Autumn International Trade Fair held at the Three Revolution Exhibition House on Monday, Sept. 25, 2017, in Pyongyang, North Korea. (AP Photo/Kim Kwang Hyon)

Sen. Steve Daines says Chinese cooperation is essential to controlling North Korea

By Sally Persons - The Washington Times

Parents of Ohio student speak out against North Korea

By DAN SEWELL - Associated Press

In this Feb. 29, 2016, file photo, U.S. student Otto Warmbier speaks to reporters in Pyongyang, North Korea. U.S. officials say the Trump administration will ban American citizens from traveling to North Korea following the death of university student Otto Warmbier, who passed away after falling into a coma into a North Korean prison. (AP Photo/Kim Kwang Hyon) ** FILE **

Otto Warmbier’s parents call for North Korea to be listed as a state sponsor of terrorism

By Sally Persons - The Washington Times