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In this photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, center, attends a ceremony of donating 600 mm super-large multiple launch rocket system at a garden of the Workers' Party of Korea headquarters in Pyongyang, North Korea Saturday, Dec. 31, 2022. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: "KCNA" which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)

South Korea: Talks with U.S. on management of nukes underway

By Hyung-jin Kim - Associated Press

A TV screen shows a file image of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Sunday, Jan. 1, 2023. Kim ordered the "exponential" expansion of his country's nuclear arsenal, the development of a more powerful intercontinental ballistic missile and the launch of its first spy satellite, state media reported Sunday, after he entered 2023 with another weapons firing following a record number of testing activities last year. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

North Korea’s Kim vows more missiles, more nukes in 2023

By Andrew Salmon - The Washington Times

A TV screen shows a file image of North Korea's rocket with the test satellite during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, Dec. 31, 2022. North Korea fired three short-range ballistic missiles toward its eastern waters on Saturday, the latest in a barrage of weapons tests this year that came days after it increased tensions by allegedly flying drones into South Korean airspace. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

North Korea opens New Year with missile launch

By Hyung-Jin Kim - Associated Press

In this photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un speaks during a plenary meeting of the Workers’ Party of Korea at the party headquarters in Pyongyang, North Korea Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2022. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: "KCNA" which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)

North Korea fires missile toward sea, South Korea says

Associated Press

President Joe Biden speaks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as they meet in the Oval Office of the White House, Dec. 21, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Biden stumbles into third year with looming global conflicts

By Guy Taylor and Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

In this photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un speaks during a plenary meeting of the Workers’ Party of Korea at the party headquarters in Pyongyang, North Korea Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2022. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: "KCNA" which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)

North Korea’s Kim lays out key goals to boost military power

By Hyung-Jin Kim - Associated Press

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol speaks during a cabinet council meeting at the presidential office in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2022. South Korea’s president on Tuesday called for a stronger air defense and high-tech stealth drones to better monitor North Korea, a day after it accused five North Korea of flying drones across the rivals’ tense border for the first time in five years. (Im Hun-jung/Yonhap via AP)

South Korea’s leader calls for stealth drones to monitor North

By Hyung-jin Kim - Associated Press

In this photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un speaks during a plenary meeting of the Workers’ Party of Korea at the party headquarters in Pyongyang, North Korea Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2022. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: "KCNA" which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)

North Korea’s Kim lays out key goals to boost military power

By Hyung-Jin Kim - Associated Press

A suspected North Korean drone is viewed at the Defense Ministry in Seoul, South Korea, on June 21, 2017. South Korea said Monday, Dec. 26, 2022, it fired warning shots after North Korean drones violated the South’s airspace. (Lee Jung-hoon/Yonhap via AP, File)

South Korea launches jets, fires shots after North flies drones

By Hyung-jin Kim - Associated Press

This photo provided by the North Korean government shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, left, attends a plenary meeting of the Workers’ Party of Korea at the party headquarters in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Dec. 26, 2022. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)

Kim claims North Korean successes, wants to overcome challenges

By Hyung-Jin Kim - Associated Press

Flags of North Korea, rear, and South Korea, front, flutter in the wind as pictured from the border area between two Koreas in Paju, South Korea, on Aug. 9, 2021. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said North Korea fired a ballistic missile toward its eastern waters Friday, Dec. 23, 2022. (Im Byung-shik/Yonhap via AP, File)

North Korea fires ballistic missiles after U.S.-South Korea drills

By Hyung-jin Kim - Associated Press

In this photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, bottom center, attends a ruling party congress in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Jan. 12, 2021. North Korean hackers have stolen an estimated 1.5 trillion won ($1.2 billion) in cryptocurrency and other virtual assets in the past five years, more than half of it this year alone, South Korea’s spy agency said Thursday, December 2022. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP, File)

Seoul: North Korean hackers stole $1.2B in virtual assets

By Hyung-jin Kim - Associated Press

Protesters confront police officers during a rally to oppose Japan's adoption of a new national security strategy near the Japanese Embassy in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2022. North Korea threatened Tuesday to take &quot;bold and decisive military steps&quot; against Japan as it slammed Tokyo's adoption of a national security strategy as an attempt to turn the country into an aggressive military power. The banners read &quot;Stop military cooperation between South Korea, the U.S. and Japan military alliance.&quot; (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

North Korea threatens ‘bold and decisive military steps’ against Japan

By Hyung-Jin Kim - Associated Press

This photo provided by the North Korean government, shows what it says a test of a rocket with the test satellite at the Sohae Satellite Launching Ground in North Korea Sunday, Dec. 18, 2022. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: &quot;KCNA&quot; which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)

North Korea says rocket launch was test of 1st spy satellite

By Hyung-Jin Kim - Associated Press

This photo provided by the North Korean government shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspecting a missile test at an undisclosed location in North Korea, taken sometime between Sept. 25 and Oct. 9. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: &quot;KCNA&quot; which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP, File)

Biden administration holding out hope North Korea won’t proceed with possibly imminent nuclear test

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

An MV-22 Osprey takes off as Japan Ground Self-Defense Force guards the landing zone during a joint military drill with U.S. Marines in Gotemba, southwest of Tokyo, on March 15, 2022. In a major break from its strictly self-defense-only postwar principle, Japan adopted a national security strategy Friday, Dec. 16, 2022, declaring plans to possess preemptive strike capability and cruise missiles within years to give itself more offensive footing against threats from neighboring China and North Korea. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)

As regional threats rise, Japan eases defense-only strategy

By Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press

In this photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un supervise what it says a test of &quot;high-thrust solid-fuel motor&quot; at the Sohae Satellite Launching Ground in North Korea Thursday, Dec. 15, 2022. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: &quot;KCNA&quot; which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)

North Korea claims success in test of new ICBM engine, considers step critical in development

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, Rafael Grossi, left, is greeted by South Korean Foreign Minister Park Jin at the Foreign Ministry in Seoul, Thursday, Dec. 15, 2022. (Jung Yeon-je/Pool Photo via AP)

Seoul: U.N. agency to boost efforts to monitor North Korean nukes

By Hyung-Jin Kim - Associated Press

In this photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un supervise what it says a test of &quot;high-thrust solid-fuel motor&quot; at the Sohae Satellite Launching Ground in North Korea Thursday, Dec. 15, 2022. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: &quot;KCNA&quot; which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)

North Korea performs key test to build more agile ICBM

By Hyung-Jin Kim - Associated Press

Gen. Paul J. LaCamera, center, commander of the U.S. Forces Korea attends the activation ceremony for the United States Space Forces Korea in Pyeongtaek, South Korea Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2022. U.S. military set up space-monitoring organizations, United States Space Forces Korea, in South Korea, aiming to keep an eye on North Korea's nuclear and missile activity as its capabilities continue to improve. (Song Kyung-Seok/Pool Photo via AP)

U.S. military creates space unit in SKorea amid NKorea threats

By Hyung-Jin Kim - Associated Press