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South Korean protesters shout slogans during a rally to oppose the possible deployment of the United States' advanced defense system THAAD, or Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense, on Korea Peninsula, in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Feb. 25, 2016. The United States and China have reached agreement on a U.N. resolution that would impose tougher sanctions on North Korea as punishment for its latest nuclear test and rocket launch, U.N. diplomats said Wednesday. The signs read &quot; Oppose deployment of the THAAD.&quot; (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

U.S. calls proposed sanctions on NKorea a ‘major upgrade’

By MICHAEL ASTOR - Associated Press

South Korean President Park Geun-hye delivers a speech at the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, in this Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2016, file photo. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

With woman running South Korea, North Korea’s insults get uglier

By Foster Klug and Kim Tong-Hyung - Associated Press

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un salutes at a parade in Pyongyang on Oct. 10, 2015. (Associated Press)

U.S., China agree on resolution to punish North Korea

By Victor Morton - The Washington Times

A Chinese military refueling tanker flies with fighter jets during a parade commemorating the 70th anniversary of Japan's surrender during World War II held in front of Tiananmen Gate in Beijing on Sept. 3, 2015. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

China bent on ‘hegemony in East Asia,’ Navy Adm. Harry Harris Jr. warns

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Protesters hold placards with defaced images of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un while shouting slogans during a rally in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Feb. 22, 2016. North Korea responded to an unusually harsh verbal attack by South Korean President Park Geun-hye against the North's leader and its recent nuclear test and rocket launch with a characteristically colorful invective of its own Saturday, calling her policy traitorous and adding that Washington's newly enacted sanctions are "laughable." The placards read: "Denounce Kim Jong Un." (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

White House: N. Korea walked away from possible peace treaty

By Dave Boyer - 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)

Seoul’s spy service says North Korea is preparing attacks

By HYUNG-JIN KIM - Associated Press

A South Korean driver changes his vehicle number after returning from North Korea's joint Kaesong Industrial Complex at the customs, immigration and quarantine office near the border village of Panmunjom in Paju, South Korea, Thursday, Feb. 11, 2016. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

U.S. stealth jets fly over South Korea amid North Korea standoff

By Lee Jin-Man - Associated Press

A U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor stealth fighter takes off from Kadena Air Base on the southern island of Okinawa in Japan. (Associated Press)

U.S. F-22 stealth fighters fly over South Korea after North Korea rocket launch

Associated Press

A man walks past portraits of the late North Korean leaders Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il, at the Kim Il Sung Square on Sunday, Feb. 14, 2016, in Pyongyang, North Korea. North Korea launched a rocket Feb. 7, carrying what it said was an Earth observation satellite into space. The U.N. Security Council condemned North Korea's launch of a long-range rocket that world leaders called a banned test of ballistic missile technology and another &quot;intolerable provocation.&quot; The U.N.'s most powerful body pledged to quickly adopt a new resolution with &quot;significant&quot; new sanctions. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)

Seoul: N. Korea used money from joint factories for weapons

By TIM SULLIVAN - Associated Press

U.S. Patriot missiles are deployed in South Korea to respond to North Korea's nuclear testing. (Associated Press)

U.S. deploys more Patriot missiles in South Korea

By Hyung-jin Kim - Associated Press

South Korean protesters stage a rally to oppose the possible deployment of the United States' advanced defense system THAAD, a Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense, on Korea Peninsula, near the presidential house in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Feb. 1, 2016. North Korea may be preparing to launch a rocket or missile, according to a U.S. defense official and expert analysis of commercial satellite imagery. The signs read " Oppose the deployment of THAAD." (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Seoul, U.S. to open talks on missile defense aimed at North Korea

By Hyung-jin Kim - Associated Press

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 Korea orders military takeover of inter-Korean factories

By Ahn Young-Joon - Associated Press

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)

South Korea to shut down joint industrial park with North Korea

By Youkyung Lee - Associated Press

Under army patrol, South Korean cargo trucks head to Kaesong, North Korea. South Korea said it will shut down the joint industrial park there and accused Pyongyang of using hard currency from Kaesong to develop its nuclear and missile programs. (Associated Press)

North Korea penalized by U.S., Japan, China, South Korea for hostility

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un issued his latest nuclear-program brag Wednesday, saying on state media that his country had developed a nuclear warhead. (Associated Press)

Donald Trump: I would get China to make Kim Jong-un ‘disappear’

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

In this Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2016, file photo, people walk by a screen showing the news reporting about an earthquake near North Korea's nuclear facility, in Seoul, South Korea. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, File)

North Korea and its provocations: Belligerence as strategy

By Tim Sullivan - Associated Press

"In my 50-plus years in the intelligence business, I cannot recall a more diverse array of crises and challenges than we face today," Director of National Intelligence James R. Clapper said at a daylong Senate Armed Services Committee hearing Tuesday. (Associated Press)

James Clapper, intel chief: North Korea has restarted plutonium reactor

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

South Korean army soldiers watch a news program about North Korea's rocket launch Sunday at Seoul Railway Station. (Associated Press)

North Korea launches rocket; U.S. and South Korea formalize missile shield talks

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force &quot;Oosumi&quot; carries PAC-3 missile interceptors as the transport vessel sails through Seto Inland Sea off Kure, Hiroshima prefecture, western Japan Thursday, Feb. 4, 2016 to prepare for a planned rocket launch by North Korea. Less than a month after its purported H-bomb test, North Korea announced Tuesday it is planning a rocket launch as soon as next week. (Kyodo News via AP) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT

Seoul: N. Korea moves up rocket launch window to Feb. 7-14

Associated Press

President Obama, right, pauses during a joint news conference with Chinese President Xi Jinping in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington on Sept. 25, 2015. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Obama confers with Chinese president over planned North Korean missile test

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times