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FILE - In this Feb. 19, 2019 file photo, Thae Yong Ho, former North Korean diplomat, who defected to South Korea in 2016, speaks to the media in Seoul, South Korea. Thae will join the South's main conservative party and run in April's parliamentary elections, party officials said Monday, Feb. 19, 2010. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, File)

High-level North Korean defector to run in S. Korea election

By HYUNG-JIN KIM - Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 19, 2019 file photo, Thae Yong Ho, former North Korean diplomat, who defected to South Korea in 2016, speaks to the media in Seoul, South Korea. Thae will join the South's main conservative party and run in April's parliamentary elections, party officials said Monday, Feb. 19, 2010. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, File)

High-level North defector to run for South Korean parliament

By HYUNG-JIN KIM - Associated Press

In this undated photo taken during the period of Dec. 28 to Dec. 31, 2019, provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un attends a Workers’ Party meeting 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) ** FILE **

Seoul peace summit draws comments from North Korea, Dick Cheney

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Feb. 1, 2020, file photo, State Commission of Quality Management staff member in protective gear carries a disinfectant pray can as they continue to check the health of travelers in foreign countries and inspect and quarantine goods being delivered via the borders at the Pyongyang Airport in Pyongyang, North Korea. North Korea said Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2020 it was mobilizing 30,000 health workers everyday in its “all-out efforts” to guard against the spread of a virus from neighboring China. (AP Photo/Jon Chol Jin, File)

North Korea making ‘all-out efforts’ to guard against virus

By HYUNG-JIN KIM - Associated Press

South Korean President Moon Jae-in's North Korea detente policy has sharply divided political parties. Conservatives say Mr. Moon failed to focus on the dangers posed by the North's weapons. (Associated Press)

U.S., North Korea loom large as South Koreans face midterm vote

By Madison Hirneisen - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Oct. 23, 2018, file photo, local tourists walk on the trail at Mount Kumgang, known as Diamond Mountain, in North Korea. North Korea has postponed plans to tear down South Korean-made hotels and other facilities at the North’s Diamond Mountain resort to prevent the spread of a new virus that has reached the South after sickening thousands in China. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara, File)

N Korea delays removal of S Korean facilities over outbreak

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

In this image made from video, North Korea's Ministry of Health Director Kim Dong Gun talks about the country's efforts to contain the spread of the new coronavirus, at the Ministry of Health Thursday, Jan. 30, 2020, in Pyongyang, North Korea. Kim says the country is intensifying efforts to prevent the spread of a new virus from China into the isolated country by blocking tourists, reducing flights and mobilizing screening efforts. (AP Photo)

North Korea says it has intensified efforts to block virus

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Illustration on nuclear proliferation by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

The threat of a nuclear arms race is real, with North Korea, Iran and Turkey inciting it

By Joseph R. DeTrani

File---Picture taken on Jan.7 2020, shows cars driving past the City Hostel in Berlin, Germany. A long-standing dispute over a hostel on the grounds of the North Korean embassy in Berlin-Mitte is now at the Berlin Administrative Court. (Paul Zinken/dpa via AP)

German court rules against Berlin hostel at NKorea embassy

By FRANK JORDANS - Associated Press

In this Saturday, Jan. 25, 2020, photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, center, claps with his wife Ri Sol Ju, third from right, and his aunt Kim Kyong Hui, second from right, as they attend a concert celebrating Lunar New Year's Day 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)

Kim’s aunt reemerges after years of speculation about fate

By HYUNG-JIN KIM - Associated Press

In this Saturday, Jan. 25, 2020, photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, center, claps with his wife Ri Sol Ju, third from right, and his aunt Kim Kyong Hui, second from right, as they attend a concert celebrating Lunar New Year's Day 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)

Kim Kyong Hui, Kim Jong-un’s aunt, reemerges after years of speculation

By Hyung-Jin Kim - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 9, 2018, file photo, head of North Korean delegation Ri Son Gwon speaks during a meeting with South Korea at the Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone in Paju, South Korea. North Korea on Friday, Jan. 24, 2020, confirmed that it has named the former senior army officer with little experience in dealings with the United States as its new foreign minister in a possible indication that it’ll take a harder line on Washington in stalled nuclear negotiations. (Korea Pool via AP, File)

N Korea names sharp-tongued army figure as foreign minister

By HYUNG-JIN KIM - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 9, 2017, file photo, visitors walk across the Yalu River Broken Bridge, right, next to the Friendship Bridge connecting China and North Korea in Dandong in northeastern China's Liaoning province. North Korea banned foreign tourists to guard against the spread of a new virus from China, a tour operator said. The temporary closing of the North Korean border would begin Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2020. (AP Photo/Emily Wang, File)

Tour agencies: N Korea bans foreign tourists over new virus

By HYUNG-JIN KIM - Associated Press

Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon is said to be eyeing a bid for South Korea's presidency in 2022. (Keith Lane/Special to the Washington Times)

Park Won-soon, Seoul mayor, talks Trump, Kim Jong-un, Korea reunification

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

South Korean President Moon Jae-in speaks during his New Year press conference at the presidential Blue House in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2020. (Kim Hong-Ji/Pool Photo via AP)

SKorea’s Moon could seek exemption of UN sanctions on NKorea

By HYUNG-JIN KIM - Associated Press

U.S. President Donald Trump, right, and Chinese President Xi Jinping are greeted by children waving flowers and flags during a welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Thursday, Nov. 9, 2017. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

China bank case heightens doubts about Beijing as trade deal looms

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

Cryptocurrency expert released on $1M bond in sanctions case

By JIM MUSTIAN - Associated Press

Chung Eui-yong, South Korea's presidential national security director, speaks to the media after returning from Washington at the Incheon International Airport, South Korea, Friday, Jan. 10, 2020. South Korea said Friday it conveyed a message by President Donald Trump to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un wishing him a happy birthday, which is believed to be Jan. 8. (Yun Dong-jin/Yonhap via AP)

S Korea conveys Trump’s birthday message to Kim Jong Un

By TONG-HYUNG KIM - Associated Press

South Korean President Moon Jae-in arrives for his New Year's speech at the presidential Blue House in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2020. Moon said he hopes to see North Korean leader Kim Jong Un fulfill a promise to visit the South this year as he called for the rival Koreas to end a prolonged freeze in bilateral relations. (Lee Jin-wook/Yonhap via AP)

Moon Jae-in outreach to Kim Jong-un endangers South Korea, opposition warns

By Ethan Epstein - The Washington Times

In this June 12, 2018, file photo, U.S. President Donald Trump, right, meets with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Sentosa Island, in Singapore. The U.S. strike that killed Iran’s top military commander may have had an indirect casualty: a diplomatic solution to denuclearizing North Korea. Experts say the escalation of tensions between Washington and Tehran will diminish already fading hopes for such an outcome and inspire North Korea’s decision-makers to tighten their hold on the weapons they see, perhaps correctly, as their strongest guarantee of survival. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

US strike on Iran could have consequences in North Korea

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press