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FILE - In this Jan. 8, 2014, file photo, former NBA star Dennis Rodman sings Happy Birthday to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, seated above in the stands, before an exhibition basketball game at an indoor stadium in Pyongyang, North Korea. North Korea's Foreign Ministry official who spoke to the AP in Pyongyang confirmed Rodman was expected to arrive Tuesday, June 13, 2017, but could not provide details. He’s made several visits to the country, but has been roundly criticized for insensitive comments and for regaling leader Kim Jong Un with “Happy Birthday” in 2014. (AP Photo/Kim Kwang Hyon, File)

Dennis Rodman says ‘trying to open a door’ in North Korea

By ERIC TALMADGE - Associated Press

South Korean President Moon Jae-in, center, shakes hands with FIFA President Gianni Infantino during their meeting at the presidential Blue House in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, June 12, 2017. South Korea's new liberal president has proposed that the rival Koreas and other Northeast Asian countries co-host the 2030 World Cup. (Bae Jae-man/Yonhap via AP)

SKorea leader proposes Asian nations co-host 2030 World Cup

By HYUNG-JIN KIM - Associated Press

A man passes by a TV news program showing a photo published in North Korea's Rodong Sinmun newspaper of North Korea's new type of cruise missile launch, at Seoul Railway station in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, June 9, 2017. North Korea said Friday it has tested a new type of cruise missile that could strike U.S. and South Korean warships &quot;at will&quot; if it is attacked, in an apparent reference to the projectiles detected by Seoul when they were launched a day earlier. The signs read &quot;Can hit on the ground.&quot; (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon) ** FILE **

North Korea says it has tested new anti-ship missile

By Hyung-jin Kim and Kim Tong-Hyung - Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks at a joint news conference with Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan after their meeting in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2016. (Vasily Maximov/Pool Photo via AP)

Under the radar, Russia plays a double game in tense Korean crisis

By L. Todd Wood - The Washington Times

People watch a TV news program showing a file footage of a missile launched by North Korea, at Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, June 8, 2017. North Korea fired several projectiles believed to be short-range surface-to-ship cruise missiles off its east coast Thursday, South Korea's military said, a continuation of weapons tests that have rattled Washington and the North's neighbors as Pyongyang seeks to build a nuclear missile capable of reaching the continental United States. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Timeline: N. Korean missiles a test for new S. Korean leader

By Associated Press - Associated Press

People watch a TV news program showing a file footage of a missile launched by North Korea, at Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, June 8, 2017. North Korea fired several projectiles believed to be short-range surface-to-ship cruise missiles off its east coast Thursday, South Korea's military said, a continuation of weapons tests that have rattled Washington and the North's neighbors as Pyongyang seeks to build a nuclear missile capable of reaching the continental United States. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

North Korea fires suspected cruise missiles after US drills

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

FILE - In this Feb. 14, 2016 file photo, a girl uses binoculars to watch the North side at the Imjingak Pavilion near the border village of Panmunjom, which has separated the two Koreas since the Korean War, in Paju, South Korea. A South Korean civic group said Monday, June 5, 2017, that North Korea has rejected its offer to provide anti-malaria supplies to protest Seoul's support of fresh U.N. sanctions on the country. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man. File)

N. Korea rejects S. Korean group’s offer of malaria help

By HYUNG-JIN KIM - Associated Press

Russia says North Korea nukes are a ‘direct threat’

By ANNABELLE LIANG - Associated Press

U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis pauses as he waits to give a speech about &quot;The United States and Asia-Pacific Security&quot; at the first plenary session at the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) Shangri-la Dialogue, an annual defense and security forum in Asia, Saturday, June 3, 2017 in Singapore. North Korea is accelerating its push to acquire a nuclear-armed missile capable of threatening the United States and other nations, and the U.S. regards this as a &quot;clear and present danger,&quot; Mattis said. (AP Photo/Joseph Nair)

Pentagon chief turns up heat on North Korea and China

By ROBERT BURNS - Associated Press

Ambassadors to the United Nations raise hands in a U.N. Security Council resolution vote to sanction North Korea, Friday, June 2, 2017, at U.N. headquarters. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

UN votes to add 15 North Koreans, 4 entities to UN blacklist

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, right, sits with Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong as they attend the opening dinner of the 16th International Institute for Strategic Studies Shangri-la Dialogue, or IISS, Asia Security Summit on Friday, June 2, 2017 in Singapore. (AP Photo/Joseph Nair)

Mattis: North Korea a ‘clear and present danger’ to world

By ROBERT BURNS - Associated Press

Illustration on the North Korean missile threat to Japan by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

North Korea threatens Japan

By Joseph DeTrani

FILE - In this April 15, 2017, file photo, a submarine-launched &quot;Pukguksong&quot; missile are displayed in Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang, North Korea. The message of the parade is clear: North Korea is, or is near to being, able to launch a pre-emptive strike against a regional target. It is preparing to withstand a retaliatory follow-up attack if it does, and it is building the arsenal it needs to then launch a second wave of strikes, this time at the U.S. mainland. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E, File)

Draft UN resolution would add 15 North Koreans to blacklist

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 15, 2017, file photo, a submarine-launched &quot;Pukguksong&quot; missile are displayed in Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang, North Korea. The message of the parade is clear: North Korea is, or is near to being, able to launch a pre-emptive strike against a regional target. It is preparing to withstand a retaliatory follow-up attack if it does, and it is building the arsenal it needs to then launch a second wave of strikes, this time at the U.S. mainland. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E, File)

A new balance of terror: Why North Korea clings to its nukes

By ERIC TALMADGE - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 2, 2017, file photo, a U.S. missile defense system called Terminal High Altitude Area Defense, or THAAD, is installed on a golf course in Seongju, South Korea. (Kim Jun-beom/Yonhap via AP, File)

Pentagon declares success for key test of missile defense

By Robert Burns - Associated Press

An rocket designed to intercept an intercontinental ballistic missiles is launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in Calif. on Tuesday, May 30, 2017. The Pentagon says it has shot down a mock warhead over the Pacific in a success for America's missile defense program. The test was the first of its kind in nearly three years. And it was the first test ever targeting an intercontinental-range missile like North Korea is developing. (Matt Hartman via AP)

Interceptor rocket shoots down ballistic missile in test over Pacific Ocean

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

FILE - In this May 21, 2017, file photo, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley speaks to journalist during a visit to the Zaatari Refugee Camp, Jordan. Haley is presenting another side of President Donald Trump's “America First” doctrine, one that focuses on human rights and humanitarian assistance. (AP Photo/Raad Adayleh, Pool)

US envoy: US believes China is trying to stop NKorea tests

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 2, 2017, file photo, a U.S. missile defense system called Terminal High Altitude Area Defense, or THAAD, is installed on a golf course in Seongju, South Korea. (Kim Jun-beom/Yonhap via AP, File)

Moon Jae-in, South Korea’s new leader, orders probe of U.S. missile launchers

By Hyung-jin Kim - Associated Press

A woman watches a TV screen showing a file footage of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, at Seoul Train Station in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, May 29, 2017. North Korea fired a short-range ballistic missile that landed in Japan's maritime economic zone Monday, officials said, the latest in a string of test launches as the North seeks to build nuclear-tipped ICBMs that can reach the U.S. mainland. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

North Korea fires short-range ballistic missile off western Japan

By Foster Klug and Hyung-jin Kim - Associated Press

A woman watches a TV screen showing a file footage of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, at Seoul Train Station in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, May 29, 2017. North Korea fired a short-range ballistic missile that landed in Japan's maritime economic zone Monday, officials said, the latest in a string of test launches as the North seeks to build nuclear-tipped ICBMs that can reach the U.S. mainland. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

NKorea fires short-range ballistic missile off western Japan

By FOSTER KLUG and HYUNG-JIN KIM - Associated Press