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High-ranking North Korean party and military official Choe Ryong Hae, center left, shakes hands with Chinese Ambassador Liu Hongcai as Choe departs for China as a special envoy of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, at Pyongyang airport, North Korea Wednesday, May 22, 2013. (AP Photo/ Kim Kwang Hyon)

North Korea dispatches top military chief to China

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

A mock Scud-B missile of North Korea, right, and other South Korean missiles are displayed at Korea War Memorial Museum in Seoul, South Korea, Sunday, May 19, 2013. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

South Korea: North Korea fires 5th projectile into waters

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**FILE** Attorney General Eric Holder, the nation's top law enforcement official, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington on May 15, 2013, before the House Judiciary Committee oversight hearing on the U.S. Department of Justice. (Associated Press)

Probes of journalists widen under Obama; reporter group calls it ‘overreaching dragnet’

By Susan Crabtree - The Washington Times

A mock Scud-B missile of North Korea, right, and other South Korean missiles are displayed at Korea War Memorial Museum in Seoul, South Korea, Sunday, May 19, 2013. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

South Korea: North Korea fires 5th projectile in 3 days into nearby waters

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

A South Korean man watches a TV news reporting missile launch conducted by North Korea, at a Seoul Train Station in Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, May 18, 2013. North Korea fired three short-range guided missiles into its eastern waters on Saturday, a South Korean official said. It routinely tests such missiles, but the latest launches came during a period of tentative diplomacy aimed at easing tensions. The letters at a screen read " Fired three short-range guided missiles." (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

S. Korea says N. Korea fires 3 short-range missiles

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**FILE** This 1988 photo provided by Bobby Lee shows Kenneth Bae (right) and Mr. Lee together when they were freshmen at the University of Oregon. Bae, detained for nearly six months in North Korea, has been sentenced to 15 years of "compulsory labor" for unspecified crimes against the state, Pyongyang announced on May 2, 2013. (Associated Press/The Register-Guard)

American Kenneth Bae starts hard labor in North Korea ‘special prison’

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Illustration by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

ERICKSON: Missiles to meet the new threat curve

By Scott G. Erickson

**FILE** Abdul Qadeer Khan (Associated Press)

‘Father’ of Islamic A-bomb: ‘No doubt’ N. Korea capable of making one

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

** FILE ** In this March 11, 2013, photo released by the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) and distributed March 12, 2013, by the Korea News Service, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un greets military personnel at a long-range artillery sub-unit of KPA Unit 641 during his visit to front-line military units near the western sea boarder in North Korea near the South's western border island of Baengnyeong. (AP Photo/KCNA via KNS)

North Korea faults Obama for peninsula tension

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

**FILE** This 1988 photo provided by Bobby Lee shows Kenneth Bae (right) and Mr. Lee together when they were freshmen at the University of Oregon. Bae, detained for nearly six months in North Korea, has been sentenced to 15 years of "compulsory labor" for unspecified crimes against the state, Pyongyang announced on May 2, 2013. (Associated Press/The Register-Guard)

North Korea releases details of why American was sentenced to hard labor

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

** FILE ** South Korean President Park Geun-hye addresses a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington on May 8, 2013. (Associated Press)

S. Korean leader calls for global unity on N. Korea

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

One of China's biggest banks on Tuesday said it has halted business with the Foreign Trade Bank of North Korea, accused by the U.S. of financing Pyongyang's missile and nuclear programs, in a recent sign of Beijing pressuring its ally. (Associated Press)

Inside the Ring: China reins in North Korea

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (left) and former NBA star Dennis Rodman watch North Korean and U.S. players in an exhibition basketball game at an arena in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013. (AP Photo/VICE Media, Jason Mojica) ** FILE **

Dennis Rodman to North Korea’s Kim Jong-un: ‘Do me a solid’ and free American

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

South Korean President Park Geun-Hye speaks during a news conference with President Obama in the East Room of the White House in Washington on Tuesday, May 7, 2013. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Obama renews commitment to defend South Korea

By Susan Crabtree - The Washington Times

**FILE** This 1988 photo provided by Bobby Lee shows Kenneth Bae (right) and Mr. Lee together when they were freshmen at the University of Oregon. Bae, detained for nearly six months in North Korea, has been sentenced to 15 years of "compulsory labor" for unspecified crimes against the state, Pyongyang announced on May 2, 2013. (Associated Press/The Register-Guard)

North Korea: Detained American disguised identity

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The last seven South Koreans stationed at a jointly run factory park in North Korea pulled out Friday, May 3, silencing the complex for the first time since it was launched nine years ago in a seemingly distant era of reconciliation. (Associated Press)

Last South Koreans leave factory in North Korea

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**FILE** This 1988 photo provided by Bobby Lee shows Kenneth Bae (right) and Mr. Lee together when they were freshmen at the University of Oregon. Bae, detained for nearly six months in North Korea, has been sentenced to 15 years of "compulsory labor" for unspecified crimes against the state, Pyongyang announced on May 2, 2013. (Associated Press/The Register-Guard)

U.S. urges North Korea to release American sentenced to hard labor

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Ticking time bomb: North Korea’s plutonium reactor could be online as soon as next year

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

**FILE** This 1988 photo provided by Bobby Lee shows Kenneth Bae (right) and Mr. Lee together when they were freshmen at the University of Oregon. Bae, detained for nearly six months in North Korea, has been sentenced to 15 years of "compulsory labor" for unspecified crimes against the state, Pyongyang announced on May 2, 2013. (Associated Press/The Register-Guard)

North Korea sentences American to 15 years of hard labor

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Former Chinese President Hu Jintao, left, and newly named President Xi Jinping clap during a plenary session of the National People's Congress held in Beijing's Great Hall of the People, in China, Thursday, March 14, 2013. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan)

China flaunts U.N. sanctions against North Korea

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times