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In this photo provided by the North Korean government, station staff disinfect the floor of Pyongyang station to curb the spread of coronavirus infection, in Pyongyang, North Korea on May 17, 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, File)

North Korea claims no new fever cases amid doubts over COVID data

By Hyung-Jin Kim - Associated Press

In this photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un delivers his speech during a ceremony to mark the 69th anniversary of the signing of the ceasefire armistice that ends the fighting in the Korean War, in Pyongyang, North Korea Wednesday, July 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: &quot;KCNA&quot; which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)

Kim Jong-un threatens to use nuclear weapons amid tensions with U.S., South Korea

By Hyung-Jin Kim - Associated Press

In this photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attends a meeting of the Workers' Party of Korea in Pyongyang, North Korea Monday, June 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: &quot;KCNA&quot; which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)

An unlikely ally gives Putin’s Ukraine sovereignty grab a boost

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Choe Jin, deputy director general of North Korea's Institute of Disarmament and Peace, a Foreign Ministry-run think tank, talks to The Associated Press in Pyongyang, North Korea, Thursday, July 21, 2022. North Korea has warned that the United States and South Korea will face “unprecedented” security challenges if they don’t stop their hostile military pressure campaign against the North, including joint military drills. (AP Photos)

North Korea warns of security instability over U.S.-South Korea drills

By Hyung-Jin Kim - Associated Press

A man walks past TV monitors displaying a news program at an electronic shop in Seoul, South Korea, on Oct. 14, 2014, showing a North Korean newspaper with a photo of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un smiling, reportedly during his first public appearance in five weeks in Pyongyang, North Korea. The writing reads, &quot;Honorable Kim Jong Un.&quot; South Korea plans to lift its decades-long ban on public access to North Korean television, newspapers and other media as part of its efforts to promote mutual understanding between the rivals, officials said Friday, July 22, 2022, despite animosities over the North's recent missile tests. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File)

South Korea to lift ban on North Korea TV, newspapers despite tensions

By Hyung-Jin Kim - Associated Press

South Korean Foreign Minister Park Jin, left, and Japanese counterpart Yoshimasa Hayashi bump elbows before their talks in Tokyo, Monday, July 18, 2022. (Kim Kyung-Hoon/Pool Photo via AP)

Japan, South Korea foreign ministers agree to improve ties

By Yuri Kageyama and Hyung-Jin Kim - Associated Press

Members of North Korean human rights stage a rally to denounce South Korea's deportation of two North Korean fishermen in 2019, in front of the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, July 13, 2022. South Korean prosecutors raided the country’s main spy agency Wednesday as part of investigations into two past North Korea-related incidents that drew criticism that the previous liberal government ignored basic principles of human rights to improve ties with Pyongyang. (Lim Hun-jung/Yonhap via AP)

South Korea spy agency searched amid squabbling over North Korea cases

By Hyung-Jin Kim - Associated Press

Plastic bags containing masks and medicines are placed in the border town Gimpo, South Korea, Wednesday, July 6, 2022. A South Korea activist said Thursday he launched more huge balloons carrying COVID-19 relief items toward North Korea, days after the North vowed to sternly deal with such activities and made a highly questionable claim they were a source of the virus. (Courtesy of Fighters For A Free North Korea via AP)

South Korean group floats balloons toward North amid animosities

By Hyung-Jin Kim - Associated Press

South Korea- American Relations Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

U.S.-South Korea relations and a strategy for the Indo-Pacific region

By Joseph R. DeTrani

FILE - Then South Korea's National Intelligence Service Director Park Jie-won speaks during a plenary meeting of the parliamentary intelligence committee at the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, on Aug. 3, 2021. The National Intelligence Service accused former director Park Jie-won, who served from 2020 to May, 2022, of destroying internal intelligence reports related to North Korea’s fatal shooting of an unarmed South Korean citizen in waters near the countries' western sea border in 2020.(Ahn Jung-hwan/Yonhap via AP, File)

Seoul spy agency files charges against ex-chiefs over North Korea

By Kim Tong-Hyung and Hyung-Jin Kim - Associated Press

In this photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attends a meeting of the Workers' Party of Korea in Pyongyang, North Korea Monday, June 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 says it will build up defenses in response to ‘rapid aggravation’ of U.S., Japan, South

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

North Koran defectors release balloons carrying leaflets condemning North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his government's policies, in Paju, near the border with North Korea, South Korea on Oct. 10, 2014. North Korea suggested Friday, July 1, 2022 its COVID-19 outbreak began in people who had contact with balloons flown from South Korea, a highly questionable claim that appeared to be an attempt to hold its rival responsible amid increasing tensions. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File)

N. Korea suggests balloons flown from South brought COVID-19

By Hyung-Jin Kim - Associated Press

China's President Xi Jinping delivers a speech after arriving for the upcoming handover anniversary by train in Hong Kong, Thursday, June 30, 2022. Xi has arrived in Hong Kong ahead of the 25th anniversary of the British handover and after a two-year transformation bringing the city more tightly under Communist Party control. (Selim Chtayti/Pool Photo via AP)

China lashes out against ‘Asian version of NATO’

By Guy Taylor and David R. Sands - The Washington Times

South Korean Unification Minister Kwon Youngse speaks during a news conference in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, June 27, 2022. Kwon said that North Korea is increasingly targeting the rival South with its nuclear arms buildup and called for Beijing and Moscow to step up efforts to persuade the North to refrain from conducting a possibly imminent nuclear test explosion. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

Seoul urges China, Russia to prevent North Korean nuke test

By Kim Tong-Hyung - Associated Press

In this image made from a video, U.S. Pacific Fleet commander Adm. Sam Paparo, left, and Japanese Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi pose for media at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo, Friday, June 24, 2022. The U.S. Navy’s top commander in the Pacific and the Japanese defense minister on Friday said close cooperation between their naval forces is more important than ever amid rising tensions over China, North Korea and Russia. (AP Photo)

U.S. Pacific admiral: Ties with Japan key to regional security

By Haruka Nuga - Associated Press

In this photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, rear center, attends a meeting of the Central Military Commission of the ruling Workers' Party, which were held between June 21 and 23, 2022, in Pyongyang, North Korea. 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)

Is North Korea moving nukes to its border?

By Hyung-Jin Kim and Kim Tong-Hyung - Associated Press

In this photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, center, attends a meeting of the Central Military Commission of the ruling Workers' Party in Pyongyang, North Korea Wednesday, June 22, 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)

N. Korea talks of new army duties suggest nuclear deployment

By Hyung-Jin Kim - Associated Press

The Nuri rocket, the first domestically built space rocket, lifts off from a launch pad at the Naro Space Center in Goheung, South Korea, Tuesday, June 21, 2022. South Korea launched its first domestically built space rocket on Tuesday in the country's second attempt, months after its earlier liftoff failed to place a payload into orbit. (Kim In-chul/Yonhap via AP)

S. Korea launches homegrown space rocket in 2nd such attempt

By Hyung-Jin Kim - Associated Press

In this photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his wife Ri Sol Ju prepare medicines at an unannounced place in North Korea Wednesday, June 15, 2022 to send them to Haeju City where an infectious disease occurred. 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)

N. Korea reports another disease outbreak amid COVID-19 wave

By Hyung-Jin Kim - Associated Press

In this photo provided on Saturday, June 11, 2022 by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, center, attends a plenary meeting of the ruling Workers’ Party’s Central Committee held during June 8 - June 10, 2022 in Pyongyang, North Korea. 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 Korean leader reaffirms arms buildup in party meeting

By Kim Tong-Hyung - Associated Press