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In this Sept. 1, 2014, file photo, Jeffrey Fowle, an American detained in North Korea, speaks to The Associated Press, in Pyongyang, North Korea. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E, File)

North Korea releases American tourist

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

North Korea Human Rights Violations Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

KO: Ending North Korea’s human rights violations

By Ko Young-hwan

This undated file photo provided on July 14, 2010, by the U.S. Defense Dept. shows Pfc. Philip W. Ackley's Korean War dog tag. The tag, which was found in North Korea's Unsan battlefield area where Ackley is believed to have been lost, was handed over to the U.S. by North Korean at the Panmunjom truce village in January, 2010. North Korea said Monday, Oct. 13, 2014, that the remains of American soldiers killed during the Korean War were being neglected and "carried away en masse," in an apparent effort to pressure Washington to resume recovery efforts that could also lead to much-needed money for the impoverished country. (AP Photo/U.S. Defense Dept., File)

North Korea: Remains of U.S. soldiers being moved

By Hyung-jin Kim - Associated Press

South Korean army soldiers guard at a check point at the demilitarized zone (DMZ) in Cheorwon, South Korea, Tuesday, May 13, 2014. North Korea warned Tuesday that a South Korean official would pay the dear price for saying the North “must disappear soon” in an escalation of war of words between the rivals. (AP Photo/Yonhap, Lim Byung-shik) KOREA OUT

Koreas trade fire as South Korea tries to fly balloon messages across the border

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un had surgery on his foot, leading many to believe it led to his disappearance from public view. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E, File)

Kim Jong-un misses key ceremony, fueling mystery of whereabouts

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un had surgery on his foot, leading many to believe it led to his disappearance from public view. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E, File)

U.S. intel: Kim Jong-un still in charge in North Korea

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un had surgery on his foot, leading many to believe it led to his disappearance from public view. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E, File)

Talk swirls that N. Korean dictator Kim Jong-un has been deposed

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Kim Yang Gon, left, North Korea’s ruling Workers Party secretary, talks with South Korean Unification Minister Ryoo Kihl-jae during the closing ceremony for the 17th Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea, Saturday, Oct. 4, 2014. Hwang, North Korea's presumptive No. 2, and other members of Pyongyang's inner circle met with South Korean officials Saturday in the rivals' highest level face-to-face talks in five years, a possible indication that both sides are interested in pursuing better ties after months of animosity. (AP Photo/Yonhap, Bae Jae-man) KOREA OUT

2 Koreas meet for highest level talks in 5 years

By Hyung-Jin Kim and Foster Klug - Associated Press

North Korea's Unha-3 rocket lifts off from the Sohae launching station in Tongchang-ri, North Korea, in this image made on Dec. 12, 2012, from video. (Associated Press/KRT via AP Video) ** FILE **

North Korea shows signs of launching another rocket in 2014

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Despite the Obama administration's lacking a clear strategy for North Korea, Seoul Mayor Park Won-Soon hopes the U.S. can steer Pyongyang to openness. (Keith Lane/Special to the Washington Times)

Obama, U.S. too passive on North Korea nuclear weapons: Seoul mayor

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

South Korean army soldiers patrol through the military wire fences with hanging South Korean national flags at the Imjingak Pavilion near the border village of Panmunjom, which has separated the two Koreas since the Korean War, in Paju, South Korea, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2014. South Korean border guards arrested an American man who they believe was attempting to swim across a river into rival North Korea, a South Korean defense official said Wednesday. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

U.S. man caught swimming to North Korea ‘trying to meet’ Kim Jong-un

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Matthew Miller, a U.S. citizen, sits on the dock at the Supreme Court during his trial in Pyongyang, North Korea, in this Sunday, Sept. 14, 2014 photo. North Korea's Supreme Court on Sunday sentenced Miller to six years of hard labor for entering the country illegally and trying to commit espionage. (AP Photo/Kim Kwang Hyon)

EDITORIAL: U.S. defector to N. Korea: What was I thinking?

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Matthew Miller, a U.S. citizen, sits on the dock at the Supreme Court during his trial in Pyongyang, North Korea, in this Sunday, Sept. 14, 2014 photo. North Korea's Supreme Court on Sunday sentenced Miller to six years of hard labor for entering the country illegally and trying to commit espionage. (AP Photo/Kim Kwang Hyon)

North Korea sentences Matthew Miller, a Californian, to 6 years of hard labor

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Illustration on defense and deterrence by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

HANSON: Why the democracies can never relax

By Victor Davis Hanson

President Obama called Russia President Vladimir Putin to tell him that Moscow was violating the 1994 treaty.
Nearly three weeks later, Russia annexed Crimea. (Associated Press)

Obama inaction on Russia invasions of Ukraine could impede nuclear disarmament

By Jeffrey Scott Shapiro - The Washington Times

Jeffrey Fowle, an American detained in North Korea, speaks to the Associated Press, Monday, Sept. 1, 2014 in Pyongyang, North Korea. North Korea has given foreign media access to three detained Americans who said they have been able to contact their families and watched by officials as they spoke, called for Washington to send a representative to negotiate for their freedom. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)

Americans detained in North Korea call for U.S. help

By Eric Talmadge - Associated Press

Two-time Grammy award winning rapper and a founding member of the Fugees, Pras Michel, gets doused by his friends for the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, Sunday, Aug. 31, 2014 in Pyongyang, North Korea. The American rapper and documentary filmmaker said he wanted to join in the immensely popular charity challenge and thought of Pyongyang where the ice bucket craze is unknown, would be the perfect place to do it. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)

ALS Ice Bucket Challenge arrives in North Korea

By Eric Talmadge - Associated Press

** FILE ** Secretary of State John Kerry at the State Department in Washington Monday, May 20, 2013. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

North Korean diplomacy: Pyongyang says John Kerry a ‘wolf’ with ‘hideous lantern jaw’

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times