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U.S. President Barack Obama speak to the media at the conclusion of a bilateral meeting with South Korean President Park Geun-hye in Vientiane, Laos, Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2016. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama vows to work to tighten sanctions on North Korea

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

South Korean soldiers walk by a signboard showing the distance to the North Korea's capital Pyongyang and to South Korea's capital Seoul from Imjingang Station near the border village of the Panmunjom in Paju, South Korea, Saturday, April 9, 2016. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man) ** FILE **

Seoul says North Korea fires 3 ballistic missiles

By Hyung-jin Kim - Associated Press

People watch a TV news program reporting about North Korea's missile launch, at the Seoul Train Station in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Sept. 5, 2016. North Korea fired three ballistic missiles off its east coast Monday, South Korea's military said, in a show of force timed to the G-20 economic summit in China. The letters on the screen read: "North Korea, ballistic missiles to east coast." (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

North Korea fires 3 ballistic missiles as G-20 meets

By L. Todd Wood

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (Associated Press) **FILE**

Kim Jong-un ordered senior officials executed with anti-aircraft gun: Report

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Fund missile defense system now

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

In this Dec. 19, 2013, file photo, North Korean workers assemble jackets at a factory of a South Korean-owned company at the jointly run Kaesong Industrial Complex, in Kaesong, North Korea. South Korea says Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2016, it will halt operations at joint industrial park with North Korea in response to the North's recent rocket launch. (Kim Hong-Ji/Pool Photo via AP, File)

North Korean submarine missile launch shows improved ability

By HYUNG-JIN KIM - Associated Press

People pass by a TV news program showing a file footage of North Korea's ballistic missile that the North claimed to have launched from underwater, at Seoul Railway station in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2016. North Korea on Wednesday fired a ballistic missile from a submarine into the sea in an apparent protest against the start of annual South Korea-U.S. military drills, Seoul's military said. The letters read "North Korea fired a missile during UFG, Ulchi Freedom Guardian." (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

White House urges China to cooperate after N. Korea missile launch

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

TV screens show file footage of a similar North Korea's ballistic missile that North Korea claimed to have launched from underwater at the Yongsan Electronic store in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2016. A North Korean ballistic missile fired from a submarine Wednesday flew about 500 kilometers (310 miles) in the longest flight by that type of weapon, Seoul officials said, a range that can place much of South Korea within its striking distance. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

North Korea fires submarine-launched ballistic missile toward Japan

By L. Todd Wood

North Korea test-fires missile from submarine, South Korea says

Associated Press

South Korean army soldiers ride a K-1 tank during the annual exercise in Paju, South Korea, near the border with North Korea, Monday, Aug. 22, 2016. South Korea and the United States began annual military drills Monday despite North Korea's threat of nuclear strikes in response to the exercises that it calls an invasion rehearsal. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

South Korea, U.S. start drills despite North Korea’s nuclear threat

By Hyung-jin Kim - Associated Press

North Korean People's Army Lt. Col. Nam Dong Ho told The Associated Press this year that tensions increased significantly along the Demilitarized Zone since North Korea conducted its nuclear test and rocket launch. He said he could not comment on operational details, but added, "The reality is that it is touch and go." (Associated Press/File)

North Korea nuclear tests show need for sanctions, not diplomacy

By Bruce Klingner

Some intelligence officials fear that Kim Jong-Un may take a page from his grandfather, Kim Il-sung, who launched the Korean War in part because he feared losing power. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Kim Jong-un’s North Korea launches ‘Manbang’ on-demand video service

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

This is an image taken from video taken on April 5, 2004, of Thae Yong Ho, North Korean diplomat speaking during an interview in Pyongyang. North Korea diplomat Thae Yong Ho who was based in London has defected, according to South Korean officials. (AP Photo)

South Korea: Thae Yong Ho, senior North Korean diplomat based in London, defects

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

YouTube Louis Cole documented his trip to North Korea, which did not include commentary on the nation's human rights abuses or gulags. (YouTube, Fun for Louis)

North Korea enlists Louis Cole, British YouTube star, for propaganda videos: ‘Bro, we’re here!’

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

Chinese People's Liberation Army delegates arrive at the Great Hall of the People before a plenary session of the National People's Congress in Beijing on March 13. (Associated Press)

China sees U.S. missile defense plan for South Korea as direct threat

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

In this Sunday, Aug 7, 2016 photo, South Korean gymnast Lee Eun-ju, right, and her North Korean counterpart Hong Un Jong pose together for photographers during the artistic gymnastics women's qualification at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Like dozens of athletes at the Rio Games, some competitors from North and South Korea have posed together for grinning selfies, which have then been posted to social media and documented by some of the hundreds of journalists here. These interactions are not strictly illegal in South Korea, but they are complicated by the Koreas’ long history of animosity and bloodshed. (Kim Do-hoon/Yonhap via AP) KOREA OUT

Even Olympic selfies are complicated by Koreas’ rivalry

By FOSTER KLUG - Associated Press

A mock Scud-B missile of North Korea, left, and other South Korean missiles are displayed at the Korea War Memorial Museum in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Aug. 5, 2016. North Korea has fired a barrage of missiles, artillery pieces and rockets into the waters off its east coast, including a medium-range ballistic missile that fell near Japan's territorial waters this week. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

North Korean missile lands close to Japan

By L. Todd Wood

FILE - This Feb. 7, 2016 file image released by the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) and distributed by the Korea News Service (KNS) shows a rocket lifting off, said to be carrying North Korea's Earth observation satellite Kwangmyongsong-4, at the Sohae launch pad in Tongchang-ri, North Korea. North Korean space officials are hard at work on a five-year plan that they say will put more satellites into orbit and lay the groundwork for a shot to the moon. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP, File)

AP Exclusive: North Korea hopes to plant flag on the moon

By ERIC TALMADGE - Associated Press

South Korean Army soldiers prepare to fire 105mm howitzers during an exercise in Paju, South Korea, near the border with North Korea Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2016. A medium-range ballistic missile fired Wednesday by North Korea flew about 1,000 kilometers (620 miles) and landed near Japan's territorial waters, Seoul and Tokyo officials said, one of the longest flights by a North Korean missile.(AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

N. Korea fires mid-range missile close to Japan

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Protesters shout slogans during a rally to denounce deploying the Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense, or THAAD, in front of the Defense Ministry in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, July 13, 2016. The site in South Korea that will be the base for an advanced U.S. missile defense system that the government says is designed to cope with North Korean threats will be announced Wednesday, Seoul officials said. The banner in the center reads: "Oppose deploying the THAAD." (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

South Korea set to disclose a site for THAAD, a U.S. missile defense system

Associated Press