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Chinese Premier Li Keqiang speaks at a press conference after the closing session of the National People's Congress held in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Wednesday, March 15, 2017. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

China premier calls for return to talks on Korean nukes

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Malaysia says Kim Jong Nam’s body has been embalmed

By EILEEN NG - Associated Press

Upgrading National Defense Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Nuclear missile programs in North Korea, Iran need watchful eye

By Peter Vincent Pry

Illustration on the U.S. dealing with rogue nuclear powers by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Rogue nukes present a consistent danger

By Dan Negrea

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson smiles as President Donald Trump speaks during a Cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, March 13, 2017. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Tillerson heads to Asia with North Korea tensions high

By MATTHEW LEE and MATTHEW PENNINGTON - Associated Press

People make their way to enter the forensic department at Kuala Lumpur Hospital in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on Sunday, March 12, 2017. Malaysia's Foreign Minister Anifah Aman said the government hopes to begin formal talks with North Korea in the &quot;next few days&quot; on solving a diplomatic dispute that has seen the two countries bar each other's citizens from leaving. The dispute stems from the mysterious poisoning death of the estranged half brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Feb. 13 at Kuala Lumpur's airport. (AP Photo/Daniel Chan)

Malaysia says only 315 North Koreans left in the country

By EILEEN NG - Associated Press

Malaysians protest outside the North Korean Embassy in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Friday, March 10, 2017. They were protesting the rising tensions between Malaysia and North Korea following the killing of Kim Jong Nam, the half brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, at Kuala Lumpur International Airport on Feb. 13, 2017. (AP Photo/Daniel Chan)

Political tension postpones NKorea-Malaysia soccer match

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A North Korean embassy staff asks police if they are allowed to leave as police puts a cordon at North Korean embassy in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Tuesday, March 7, 2017. Malaysia says North Korean Embassy staff are barred from leaving country, after Pyongyang blocked Malaysians from leaving North Korea in the bitter diplomatic dispute between North Korea and Malaysia over the poisoning death of leader Kim Jong Un's estranged half-brother in Kuala Lumpur.(AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

Malaysia: N. Korean’s family may be scared to come forward

By EILEEN NG - Associated Press

In this photo provided by U.S. Forces Korea, trucks carrying U.S. missile launchers and other equipment needed to set up the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missile defense system arrive at the Osan air base in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, Monday, March 6, 2017. The U.S. military has begun moving equipment for the controversial missile defense system to ally South Korea. The announcement Tuesday by the U.S. military comes a day after North Korea test-launched four ballistic missiles into the ocean near Japan. (U.S. Force Korea via AP)

THAAD missile shield to South Korea gives Donald Trump advantage over China on North Korea

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley addresses a news conference after consultations of the United Nations Security Council, Wednesday, March 8, 2017. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

US rejects China’s call to halt drills if NKorea stops tests

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

In this March 7, 2017, photo, protesters shout slogans during a rally to oppose the plan to deploy the Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense system, or THAAD, in front of the Defense Ministry in Seoul, South Korea. If China was hoping for a concession from the U.S. after recently suspending coal imports from cash-poor North Korea it got the opposite. The U.S. is starting to deploy a missile defense system in South Korea which the allies say is needed to defend against North Korea, but which China also views as a threat. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

US, China lock horns on missile defense against NKorea

By MATTHEW PENNINGTON - Associated Press

In this photo provided by U.S. Forces Korea, trucks carrying U.S. missile launchers and other equipment needed to set up the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missile defense system arrive at the Osan air base in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, Monday, March 6, 2017. The U.S. military has begun moving equipment for the controversial missile defense system to ally South Korea. The announcement Tuesday by the U.S. military comes a day after North Korea test-launched four ballistic missiles into the ocean near Japan. (U.S. Force Korea via AP)

US moves controversial missile defense to South Korea

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

A visitor walks by the TV screen showing a news program reporting about North Korea's missile firing, at Seoul Train Station in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, March 6, 2017. North Korea on Monday fired four banned ballistic missiles that flew about 1,000 kilometers (620 miles), with three of them landing in Japan's exclusive economic zone, South Korean and Japanese officials said, in an apparent reaction to huge military drills by Washington and Seoul that Pyongyang insists are an invasion rehearsal. The letters on the top read " North Korea, Fire missile." (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

Tokyo says North Korea missile tests show ‘new level of threat’

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

A North Korean flag waves at the North Korean Embassy in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Saturday, March 4, 2017. A North Korean chemist deported from Malaysia accused police of threatening to kill his family unless he confessed to the assassination of the half-brother of North Korea's leader, calling it a plot to tarnish his country's honor. (AP Photo/Daniel Chan)

North Korea, Malaysia bar others nationals from leaving

By Victor Morton - The Washington Times

US moves parts of controversial missile defense to SKorea

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

A man watches a TV news program reporting about North Korea's missile firing at Seoul Train Station in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, March 6, 2017. North Korea on Monday fired four banned ballistic missiles that flew about 1,000 kilometers (620 miles), with three of them landing in Japan's exclusive economic zone, South Korean and Japanese officials said, in an apparent reaction to huge military drills by Washington and Seoul that Pyongyang insists are an invasion rehearsal. The letters on the top read &quot; North Korea, Fire missile.&quot; The letters on the top read &quot; North Korea, Fire missile.&quot; (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

U.S. THAAD missile defense system arrives in South Korea

By Kim Tong-Hyung - Associated Press

Japanese television showed news of North Korea's firing of four banned ballistic missiles, three of which that landed in Japan's exclusive economic zone. (Associated Press)

North Korean missile tests give Donald Trump another crisis

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

South Korea army soldiers install a tent in Yeoncheon, South Korea, near the border with North Korea, Monday, March 6, 2017. North Korea on Monday fired four banned ballistic missiles that flew about 1,000 kilometers (620 miles), with three of them landing in Japan's exclusive economic zone, South Korean and Japanese officials said, in an apparent reaction to huge military drills by Washington and Seoul that Pyongyang insists are an invasion rehearsal. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Missile tests add pressure on Trump over North Korea

By MATTHEW PENNINGTON - Associated Press

North Korea's Ambassador to Malaysia Kang Chol speaks to the media outside the North Korean Embassy in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in this Feb. 20, 2017, file photo. Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi says the expulsion of North Korea’s ambassador was to warn Pyongyang that they cannot manipulate Malaysia’s investigation into Kim Jong-nam’s murder. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian, File)

Kim Jong-nam case: Malaysia protecting its ‘dignity’ in expelling N.K. ambassador

By Eileen Ng - Associated Press

In this Feb. 19, 2017, photo provided by Paektu Cultural Exchange, Japanese sushi chef Kenji Fujimoto works behind the counter of his new restaurant in Pyongyang, North Korea. Fujimoto, a Japanese chef famous for working for North Korea's late leader Kim Jong Il, has returned to Pyongyang and opened the sushi restaurant. (Paektu Cultural Exchange via AP)

Sushi in Pyongyang: Japanese chef opens rare restaurant

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