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South Korean soldiers patrol through the military wire fences with hanging national flags at the Imjingak Pavilion near the border village of Panmunjom, which has separated the two Koreas since the Korean War, in Paju, north of Seoul, Tuesday, April 1, 2014. North and South Korea fired hundreds of artillery shells into each other's waters Monday in a flare-up of animosity that forced residents of five front-line South Korean islands to evacuate to shelters for several hours, South Korean officials said. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

South Korea finds mysterious camera-carrying drone crashed on island

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Friday Aug. 13, 2004 file photo, South Korean volleyball player Ku Min-jing, right, and North Korean former basketball player Kim Seong Ho carry a unification flag symbolizing one Korea during the Opening Ceremony of the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens. South Korean organizers for this year's Asian Games said Tuesday they've asked the International Olympic Committee to help bring North Korea to the quadrennial sports events. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

Asian Games organizers ask IOC to bring in NKorea

Associated Press

A South Korean marine LVT-7 landing craft sail to shores through a smoke screen during the U.S.-South Korea joint landing exercises called Ssangyong, part of the Foal Eagle military exercises, in Pohang, South Korea, Monday, March 31, 2014. South Korea said North Korea has announced plans to conduct live-fire drills near the rivals' disputed western sea boundary. The planned drills Monday come after an increase in threatening rhetoric from Pyongyang and a series of rocket and ballistic missile launches in an apparent protest against the annual military exercises by Seoul and Washington. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

White House calls North Korea’s artillery fire with South ‘dangerous,’ ‘provocative’

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

Residents and students of Yeonpyeong Island evacuate to a shelter on the island, South Korea, near the West Sea border with North Korea, Monday, March 31, 2014. North and South Korea fired artillery shells into each other's waters Monday, a flare-up of animosity between the rivals that forced residents of five front-line South Korean islands to evacuate to shelters, South Korean officials said. (AP Photo)

North Korea and South Korea trade fire; island residents in shelters

By Hyung-Jin Kim and Jung-Yoon Choi - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 27, 2013 file photo, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un waves to war veterans during a mass military parade celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Korean War armistice in Pyongyang, North Korea. Despite thinly sourced reports that an order went out in mid-March 2014 for university students to buzz cut the sides of their heads just like North Korea&#8217;s supreme leader, recent visitors to the country say they haven&#8217;t seen evidence of any mass haircutting. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E, File)

Mandatory Kim Jong-un haircuts a baldfaced lie?

By Eric Talmadge - Associated Press

A man watches a TV news program showing the missile launch conducted by North Korea, at Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, March 26, 2014. North Korea test-fired two medium-range ballistic missiles on Wednesday, South Korea and the U.S. said, a defiant challenge to a rare three-way summit of its rivals Seoul, Tokyo and Washington that focused on the North's security threat.(AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

North Korea launches two ballistic missiles in defiant test

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, right, and South Korean President Park Geun-hye, participate in a trilateral meeting at the US Ambassador's Residence in the Hague, Netherlands, Tuesday, March 25, 2014. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Obama brags about ‘changing the game’ on North Korea

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

U.S. President Barack Obama, left, Pakistan's Prime Minister Mohammad Nawaz Sharif, center, and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, attend the opening session of the Nuclear Summit in The Hague, the Netherlands, on Monday, March 24, 2014. (AP Photo/Yves Herman, POOL)

Obama’s Russia sanctions unlikely to make impact, experts say

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

South Korean Army's 130mm multiple rocket launchers fire live rounds during an exercise against possible attacks from North Korea in Goseong, South Korea, Monday, March 3, 2014. North Korea fired two additional suspected short-range missiles into the sea Monday amid ongoing military exercises between Seoul and Washington, which the North calls a preparation for an attack, South Korean officials said. (AP Photo/Yonhap, Lee Jong-gun) KOREA OUT

North Korea fires short-range rockets: report

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

A woman receives a ballot to vote to elect deputies to the 13th Supreme People's Assembly in Pyongyang, North Korea Sunday, March 9, 2014. North Korean voters went to polling stations to elect a new national legislature, although they don't get to choose who to vote for since there is only one candidate per district. (AP Photo/Kim Kwang Hyon)

North Korea holds election: 100% turnout, Kim Jong-un gets — 100% of vote

Associated Press

**FILE** Dennis Rodman sings Happy Birthday to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, seated above in the stands, before an exhibition basketball game at an indoor stadium in Pyongyang, North Korea on Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2014. (AP Photo/Kim Kwang Hyon)

Dennis Rodman: ‘I won’t go back’ to North Korea

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

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

Kim Jong-un calls for execution of 33 Christians

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

People watch TV reporting North Korea's missile test at Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, March 4, 2014. South Korea says North Korea has fired seven suspected artillery shells into the seas following its recent series of Scud missile launches. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

U.S. asks U.N. to act against N. Korea for missile tests

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

People watch TV reporting North Korea's missile test at Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, March 4, 2014. South Korea says North Korea has fired seven suspected artillery shells into the seas following its recent series of Scud missile launches. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

N. Korea accused of firing 7 artillery shells into seas

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Illustration by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

MAY: Obama’s new world disorder

By Clifford D. May

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

Kim Jong-un accused of purging No. 2 leader

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

In this photo taken on Saturday, March 1, 2014, provided by the Korean Central News Agency, John Short, an Australian missionary detained for spreading Christianity in North Korea, signs his written apology, at an unknown location in North Korea. North Korea said Monday, March 3, 2014, it will deport Short, saying he apologized for his anti-state religious acts and requested forgiveness. Authorities in North Korea have been investigating Short since his arrest for secretly spreading Bible tracts near a Buddhist temple in Pyongyang on Feb. 16, the birthday of late leader Kim Jong Il, the North's official Korean Central News Agency said. (AP Photo/Korean Central News Agency)

North Korea frees Australian missionary

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

A mock Scud-B missile of North Korea, center, and other South Korean missiles are displayed at the Korea War Memorial Museum in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, March 3, 2014. North Korea fired two additional suspected short-range missiles into the sea Monday amid ongoing military exercises between Seoul and Washington, which the North calls a preparation for an attack, South Korean officials said. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

North Korea fires off 2 more missiles into sea

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

A North Korean mock Scud-B missile, center, and other South Korean mock missiles are displayed at the Korea War Memorial Museum in Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, July 4, 2009. On Saturday, North Korea fired seven missiles into the waters off the peninsula's eastern coast from morning until evening. AP photo.

North Korea fires 4 missiles in sea to protest S. Korea-U.S. drills

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un gives his first New Year's Day address in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013. Mr. Kim called for his country to focus on economic improvements with the same urgency that scientists put into the launch of a long-range rocket last month. (AP Photo/KRT via AP Video)

N. Korea to United Nations: Help us with foot-and-mouth disease outbreak

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times