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Actors perform a scene from William Shakespeare's Hamlet for members of the media during a photo call to present Hamlet at Shakespeare’s Globe theatre, London, Wednesday, April 23, 2014. Four centuries after his death, William Shakespeare is probably Britain's best-known export, his words and characters famous around the world. Shakespeare's Globe theater is setting out to test the Bard's maxim that &quot;all the world's a stage&quot; by taking &quot;Hamlet&quot; to every country on Earth world, more than 200 in all. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

Shakespeare’s Globe taking ‘Hamlet’ to 200 nations

By JILL LAWLESS - Associated Press

This April 2007 photo, shows Associated Press Seoul news editor Foster Klug in Washington. The Associated Press has named Klug as its chief of bureau for South Korea. The appointment was announced Monday, April 21, 2014, by Ted Anthony, the Asia-Pacific news director based in Bangkok, to whom Klug will report. (AP Photo)

AP names Klug to top SKorea editorial position

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This April 18, 2012 satellite image provided by GeoEye shows North Korea's Punggye-ri nuclear test site. Commercial satellite imagery shows increased activity at North Korea’s nuclear test site but not enough to indicate an underground atomic explosion is imminent, a U.S. research institute said Tuesday. North Korea last month threatened to conduct its fourth nuclear test and there’s been speculation it may do so as President Barack Obama travels to Asia this week. (AP Photo/GeoEye) **FILE**

Activity at NKorea site hints at nuke test preps

By MATTHEW PENNINGTON - Associated Press

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

South Korea says North Korea’s nuclear site has gone active

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

This April 18, 2012 satellite image provided by GeoEye shows North Korea's Punggye-ri nuclear test site. Commercial satellite imagery shows increased activity at North Korea&#8217;s nuclear test site but not enough to indicate an underground atomic explosion is imminent, a U.S. research institute said Tuesday. North Korea last month threatened to conduct its fourth nuclear test and there&#8217;s been speculation it may do so as President Barack Obama travels to Asia this week. (AP Photo/GeoEye)

White House warily watching N. Korea nuke activity ahead of Obama tour of Asia

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Cars drive under a grid of power lines crossing the 5 Highway Friday, March 27, 1998, in Los Angeles. California will try a second time to launch a deregulated, $23 billion electricity market designed to lower rates and improve efficiency through competition. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

Inside the Ring: U.S. power grid defenseless from attacks

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

Roundup of Arkansas editorials

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

North Korean spectators watch from the stands of Kim Il Sung Stadium as runners line up a the start of the Mangyongdae Prize International Marathon in Pyongyang, North Korea on Sunday, April 13, 2014. The annual race, which includes a full marathon, a half marathon, and a 10-kilometer run, was open to foreign tourists for the first time this year. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)

North Korea’s capital hosts international marathon

By ERIC TALMADGE - Associated Press

Cui Tiankai (Associated Press file photo)

Obama admin unfairly pitting China against North Korea: diplomat

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

Institute: Water woes endanger NKorea reactor

By MATTHEW PENNINGTON - Associated Press

U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel and Japanese Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera participate in a joint news conference at the Japanese Ministry of Defense headquarters Sunday April 6, 2014 in Tokyo, Japan. Secretary Hagel announced that the U.S. is planning to forward-deploy two additional AEGIS ballistic missile defense ships to Japan by 2017. (AP Photo/Alex Wong/POOL)

US sending 2 warships to Japan to counter NKorea

By LOLITA C. BALDOR - Associated Press

Accompanied by Japanese Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera, left, U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, right, reviews honor guards at the Japanese Ministry of Defense headquarters April 6, 2014 in Tokyo, Japan. Secretary Hagel is visiting Japan, China and Mongolia. It is his fourth trip to Asian nations since taking office. (AP Photo/Alex Wong, POOL)

U.S. sending 2 warships to Japan to counter North Korea

By Lolita C. Baldor - Associated Press

U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, center, is escorted by his Japanese counterpart Itsunori Onodera, right, as they inspect an honor guard at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo, Sunday, April 6, 2014. Against the backdrop of Russia's takeover of Ukraine's Crimean region, Hagel said Saturday he will convey to Japanese leaders that the U.S. is strongly committed to protecting their country's security. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

US to deploy 2 more destroyers to Japan by 2017

By LOLITA C. BALDOR - Associated Press

FILE - In this file photo provided on Wednesday, April 2, 2014 by the South Korea Defense Ministry, an unmanned drone which was found last week in Paju, a South Korean city near the land border with North Korea. South Korean experts say two small drones believed to have been flown across the border by the North amid rising military tensions were crude and decidedly low-tech - with cameras available on the Internet for hundreds of dollars - but underscore a potential new threat that must be taken seriously. (AP Photo/South Korea Defense Ministry, File)

Suspected NKorean drones crude, reflect new threat

By HYUNG-JIN KIM - Associated Press

Courtesy of James Pearson's Twitter account

Report: Did North Korea rip off NASA’s logo?

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Missing Korean War veteran’s remains return to Ky.

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FILE - In this April 14, 2013 file photo, runners compete at the start of the 26th Mangyongdae Prize Marathon at Pyongyang's Kim Il Sung Stadium as North Korea hosts the sports event to mark the birthday of the late leader Kim Il Sung on April 15. For the first time ever, North Korea is opening up the streets of its capital to runner-tourists for the annual Pyongyang marathon, undoubtedly one of the most exotic feathers in any runner’s cap. Tourism companies say they have been inundated by requests to sign up for the April 13, 2014 event, which this year will include amateur runners from around the world. (AP Photo/Jon Chol Jin, File)

Pyongyang opens marathon to tourist-runners

By ERIC TALMADGE - Associated Press

South Korean and U.S. Marines aim their machine guns during the U.S.-South Korea joint landing exercises called Ssangyong, part of the Foal Eagle military exercises, in Pohang, South Korea. (Associated Press)

Inside the Ring: North Korea missile test coming

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

In this Monday, March 31, 2014 photo released by the South Korea Defense Ministry Wednesday, April 2, 2014, an unmanned drone lies on the ground damaged on Baengnyeong Island, South Korea, near the West Sea border with North Korea when the two Koreas fired hundreds of artillery shells into each other's waters. South Korea suspects that the drone that crashed on the frontline South Korean island was flown by rival North Korea, an official said Wednesday. (AP Photo/South Korea Defense Ministry)

SKorea suspects 2 crashed drones from North Korea

By HYUNG-JIN KIM - Associated Press