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South Korea's Unification Ministry's spokesman Yoh Sang-key speaks during a briefing at the government complex in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, June 10, 2020. South Korea’s government on Wednesday said it will sue two activist groups that have sent anti-Pyongyang leaflets and plastic bottles filled with rice to the North for allegedly creating tensions between the rivals. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

South Korea to charge defector groups over North leaflets

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

In this March 2, 2019, file photo, Kim Yo Jong, sister of North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un attends a wreath-laying ceremony at Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum in Hanoi, Vietnam. North Korea has threatened to end an inter-Korean military agreement reached in 2018 to reduce tensions if the South fails to prevent activists from flying anti-Pyongyang leaflets over the border. The powerful sister said Thursday, June 4, 2020, the North could permanently shut a liaison office with the South and an inter-Korean factory park in the border town of Kaesong, which have been major symbols of reconciliation between the rivals. (Jorge Silva/Pool Photo via AP, File) **FILE**

North Korea lashes out, says it will cut ties with South Korea

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Illustration on missile protection by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

ICBM threats have grown, and so must the U.S. response

By Brian McNicoll

In this Jan. 3, 2018, file photo, a South Korean government official communicates with a North Korean officer during a phone call on the dedicated communications hotline at the border village of Panmunjom in Paju, South Korea. North Korea said Tuesday, June 9, 2020, it’ll cut off all communication channels with South Korea as it escalates its pressure on the South for failing to stop activists from floating anti-Pyongyang leaflets across the border. (South Korea Unification Ministry/Yonhap via AP, File)

North Korea cuts off all communication with South Korea

By Hyung-jin Kim - Associated Press

Shigeru Yokota, bottom left, wipes tears as he and his wife Sakie, right, speak during a press conference in Tokyo in September, 2002 after they were informed that their daughter Megumi, abducted to North Korea in the 1970s, had died. Shigeru Yokota died of natural causes before he was able to meet his daughter again, his group said Friday, June 5, 2020. He was 87. (Kyodo News via AP)

Japan advocate for daughter, others abducted to NKorea dies

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 29, 2010, file photo, South Korean conservative activists launch balloons carrying leaflets denouncing North Korean leader Kim Jong Il during a rally in Hwacheon, South Korea. South Korea says it plans to push new laws to ban activists from flying anti-Pyongyang leaflets over the border after North Korea threatened to end an inter-Korean military agreement reached in 2018 to reduce tensions if Seoul fails to prevent the protests. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File)

North Korea threatens to shut liaison office with South

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

In this Sept. 19, 2018, file photo, Kim Yo-jong, right, helps her brother North Korean leader Kim Jong-un sign a joint statement following the summit with South Korean President Moon Jae-in at the Paekhwawon State Guesthouse in Pyongyang, North Korea. (Pyongyang Press Corps Pool via AP, File)

Seoul vows to stop border protests after Pyongyang’s threat

By Kim Tong-hyung - Associated Press

President Donald Trump, left, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, center, and South Korean President Moon Jae-in, right, walk together at the border village of Panmunjom in Demilitarized Zone, South Korea, Sunday, June 30, 2019. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) **FILE**

U.S. indicts North Koreans, Chinese for illegal financial deals

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

In this undated photo provided on Sunday, May 24, 2020, by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un speaks during a meeting of the Seventh Central Military Commission of the Workers' Party of Korea in 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 Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)

US charges North Koreans in $2.5B sanctions-busting scheme

By ERIC TUCKER - Associated Press

U.S. Navy patrol boats carrying journalists to see damaged oil tankers leave a U.S. Navy 5th Fleet base near Fujairah, United Arab Emirates, Wednesday, June 19, 2019. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili) ** FILE **

State Department unveils new global maritime advisory for shippers to avoid sanctions

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

FILE - In this May 3, 2020, file photo, a North Korean flag flutters in the wind at a military guard post in Paju, at the border with North Korea. North Korea on Friday, May 8, slammed South Korea for staging what it called &quot;reckless&quot; military drills near their disputed sea boundary, but the South quickly denied they had any training near the area, the scene of several bloody inter-Korean naval skirmishes.(AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File)

N. Korea accuses South of ‘reckless’ drills along sea border

By HYUNG-JIN KIM - Associated Press

FILE- In this Oct. 11, 2010, file photo, residents queue up at a store to buy food in Pyongyang, North Korea. The coronavirus pandemic appears to be taking a heavy toll on North Korea, forcing its leader Kim Jong Un to sharply shrink his public activities and his people to go on panic buying of daily necessities, South Korea's spy agency told lawmaker Wednesday, May 6, 2020. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu, File)

Seoul reports panic buying in N Korea amid economic woes

By HYUNG-JIN KIM - Associated Press

In this file photo, South Korean soldiers walk up the stairs of their military guard post in Paju, South Korea, near the border with North Korea, Sunday, May 3, 2020. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon) **FILE**

South Korea protests border gunfire it says North started

Associated Press

ADDING CITY - In this Friday, May 1, 2020, photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, center, visits a fertilizer factory in Sunchon, South Pyongan province, near Pyongyang, North Korea. Kim made his first public appearance in 20 days as he celebrated the completion of the fertilizer factory, state media said Saturday, May 2, 2020, ending an absence that had triggered global rumors that he may be seriously ill. 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)

South Korea: Kim did not have surgery amid lingering rumors

By HYUNG-JIN KIM - Associated Press

A woman passes by a TV screen showing an image of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his sister Kim Yo Jong during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, May 2, 2020. Kim made his first public appearance in 20 days as he celebrated the completion of a fertilizer factory near Pyongyang, state media said Saturday, ending an absence that had triggered global rumors that he was seriously ill. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Kim Jong-un didn’t have surgery, other medical procedure, South Korea says

By Hyung-Jin Kim - Associated Press

In this Friday, May 1, 2020, photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, center, visits a fertilizer factory in South Pyongan, near Pyongyang, North Korea. Kim made his first public appearance in 20 days as he celebrated the completion of the fertilizer factory, state media said Saturday, May 2, 2020, ending an absence that had triggered global rumors that he may be seriously ill. 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, South Korea exchange gunfire after Kim Jong-un reemerges

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Dec. 16, 2019, file photo, South Korean army soldiers patrol along the barbed-wire fence in Paju, South Korea, near the border with North Korea. The Joint Chiefs of Staffs in Seoul said that North Korean troops fired several bullets at a South Korean guard post inside the heavily fortified border between the countries on Sunday, May 3, 2020. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File)

North and South Korean troops exchange fire along border

By HYUNG-JIN KIM - Associated Press

In this Sunday, Sept. 9, 2018, file photo, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un waves after a parade for the 70th anniversary of North Korea's founding day in Pyongyang, North Korea. North Korea’s collapse has been predicted — wrongly — for decades. So it is no surprise that unconfirmed rumors that current leader Kim Jong Un is seriously ill have raised worries about what Washington and North Korea’s neighbors would do if things fall apart in any post-Kim North Korea. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)

Kim reappears in public, ending absence amid health rumors

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

In this Sunday, Sept. 9, 2018, file photo, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un waves after a parade for the 70th anniversary of North Korea's founding day in Pyongyang, North Korea. North Korea’s collapse has been predicted — wrongly — for decades. So it is no surprise that unconfirmed rumors that current leader Kim Jong Un is seriously ill have raised worries about what Washington and North Korea’s neighbors would do if things fall apart in any post-Kim North Korea. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)

Outsiders consider possibility of chaos in North Korea

By Foster Klug - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 2, 2020, file photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspects a military drill at undisclosed location in North Korea. As questions mount about the health of Kim Jong Un, an underlying concern looms for spies, policymakers, academics and curious news-consumers alike. In South Korea, Kim is seen as both demon and statesman. He has repeatedly threatened to burn Seoul to the ground.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, File)

Knowledge about North Korea’s Kim is limited, but crucial

By FOSTER KLUG - Associated Press