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FILE - In this June 30, 2019, file photo, U.S. President Donald Trump, left, meets with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at the border village of Panmunjom in Demilitarized Zone, South Korea. North Korea on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2019, said the U.S. redesignation of Pyongyang as a sponsor of terrorism is dimming prospects for nuclear diplomacy between the countries. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

N. Korea says US terrorism blacklist hinders nuke diplomacy

By HYUNG-JIN KIM - Associated Press

North’s Kim sends condolences to Moon over mother’s death

Associated Press

People watch a TV showing a file image of an unspecified North Korea's missile launch during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Oct. 31, 2019. South Korea's military said North Korea on Thursday fired two projectiles toward its eastern sea, an apparent resumption of weapons tests aimed at ramping up pressure on Washington over a stalemate in nuclear negotiations. The sign reads: &quot;North Korea fired two projectiles.&quot; (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

North Korea fires 2 missiles in the sea amid stalled talks

By Kim Tong-hyung and Hyung-jin Kim - Associated Press

U.S. Special Representative for North Korea Stephen Biegun sits during a meeting with South Korea's Special Representative for Korean Peninsula Peace and Security Affairs Lee Do-hoon at Foreign Ministry in Seoul, South Korea. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, Pool) ** FILE **

Stephen Biegun, North Korea envoy, tapped to be deputy secretary of state

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

In this June 30, 2019, file photo, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, right, and U.S. President Donald Trump prepare to shake hands at the border village of Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone, South Korea. North Korea said it's running out of patience with the United States over what it described as hostile policies and unilateral disarmament demands. It's warning that a close personal relationship between their leaders alone wouldn't be enough to prevent nuclear diplomacy from derailing. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Window for negotiated North Korean denuclearization closing

By Bruce Klingner

FILE- In this June 30, 2019, file photo, U.S. President Donald Trump, left, meets with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at the North Korean side of the border at the village of Panmunjom in Demilitarized Zone. North Korea on Thursday, Oct. 24, 2019, accused U.S. officials of maintaining hostility against Pyongyang despite a &quot;special&quot; relationship between Kim and Trump and urged Washington to act &quot;wisely&quot; through the end of the year. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

North Korea urges US to act wisely through year-end deadline

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

In this June 30, 2019, file photo, U.S. President Donald Trump, left, meets with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at the North Korean side of the border at the village of Panmunjom in Demilitarized Zone. North Korea's chief negotiator says discussions with the U.S. on Pyongyang's nuclear program have broken down, but Washington says the two sides had "good discussions" that it intends to build on in two weeks. The North Korean negotiator, Kim Miyong-gil, said Saturday, Oct. 5, talks in Stockholm broke down "entirely because the U.S. has not discarded its old stance and attitude." (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Trump, in new book, says Obama was ‘stupid’ to avoid talks with North Korea’s Kim Jong-un

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

UN investigator: 11 million North Koreans are undernourished

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 1, 2011, file photo, South Korean invested villas line the coastline of the Mount Kumgang resort, also known as Diamond Mountain, in North Korea. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has ordered the destruction of South Korean-made hotels and other tourist facilities at the North's Diamond Mountain resort, apparently because Seoul won't defy international sanctions and resume South Korean tours at the site, Pyongyang's official Korean Central News Agency said Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2019. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)

Kim orders South’s buildings at resort in North be destroyed

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

South Korean national soccer team player Son Heung-min answers a reporter's question upon his arrival after the soccer match against North Korea, at Incheon International Airport in Incheon, South Korea, Thursday, Oct. 17, 2019. North Korea held South Korea to a 0-0 draw Tuesday in a World Cup qualifying soccer match played in an empty stadium in Pyongyang, but specific details of the game weren't immediately available. South Korean soccer officials were unable to watch a telecast of the historic game at Kim Il Sung Stadium and South Korean spectators and media were denied entry. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

South Korean soccer team tells of ‘rough’ match in Pyongyang

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 17, 2019, file photo, backhoes prepare to dig a pit to bury culled pigs at a farm in Paju, South Korea. South Korea on Tuesday, Oct. 15, is deploying snipers, installing traps and flying drones along the rivals' tense border to kill wild boars that some experts say may have spread the animal disease from north to south. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File)

North Korea seen as weak link as swine fever spreads in Asia

By KIM TONG-HYUNG and HYUNG-JIN KIM - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 27, 2000 file photo, Masood Azhar, center, wearing glasses and white turban, leader of Jaish-e-Mohammad arrives in Islamabad, Pakistan. In 2019, the United Nations added Azhar to its blacklist after several unsuccessful attempts. Pakistan got a mixed review for its efforts to curb terrorist financing and money laundering as it tries to avoid being blacklisted by the Financial Action Task Force, a global watchdog, when it meets in Paris Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2019. (AP Photo/Mian Khursheed, File)

Pakistan faces black list of countries financing terrorism

By KATHY GANNON - Associated Press

Members of the South Korean football team pose for a photo before boarding an Air China flight to Pyongyang for a World Cup qualifier match against North Korea from the airport in Beijing on Monday, Oct. 14, 2019. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

North Korea holds South Korea to 0-0 in World Cup qualifier

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

In this undated photo provided on Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2019, by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un rides a white horse to climb Mount Paektu, 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 rides horse on sacred peak, vows to fight US sanctions

By HYUNG-JIN KIM - Associated Press

South Korea's Son Heung-min, center, kicks the ball past Sri Lanka's Mohamed Aman, left, during their Asian zone Group H qualifying soccer match for the 2022 World Cup at Hwaseong Sports Complex Main Stadium in Hwaseong, South Korea, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2019. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

Tottenham star Son set for ‘Korean Derby’ in Pyongyang

By JOHN DUERDEN - Associated Press

In this Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2019, photo, South Korea national soccer team's Son Heung-min, center, warms up during a training session ahead of Asian zone Group H qualifying soccer match against Sri Lanka for the 2022 World Cup at Hwaseong Sports Complex Main Stadium in Hwaseong, South Korea. (Hong Ki-won/Yonhap via AP)

Seoul unsure if North Korea will air World Cup qualifier

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

In this Oct. 5, 2019 FILE photo, North Korean negotiator, Kim Miyong Gil speaks outside the North Korean Embassy in Stockholm, Sweden, Saturday, Oct. 5, 2019. North Korea is calling an outside condemnation of its weapons launches a &quot;grave provocation&quot; and threatening to resume nuclear and long-range missile tests. (Yonhap/Pool photo via AP, File)

N. Korea threatens to resume nuke, long-range missile tests

By HYUNG-JIN KIM - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 25, 2019 file photo, Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un shake hands during their meeting in Vladivostok, Russia. From nukes to huge food aid shipments to a shared skepticism about the United States, Chinese President Xi Jinping and North Korean leader Kim will have a long list of topics to discuss when Xi heads north Thursday, June 20.(AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, Pool, File)

Russian, North Korean media outlets in pact to fight ‘fake news’

By David R. Sands - The Washington Times

People pass by a TV showing a file image of North Korea's missile launch during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2019. North Korea on Wednesday fired projectiles toward its eastern sea, South Korea's military said, in an apparent display of its expanding military capabilities ahead of planned nuclear negotiations with the United States this weekend. The sign reads: &quot;North Korea launched an unspecified missile.&quot; (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

UN meets on North Korea missile test which Europeans condemn

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

North Korean negotiator Kim Miyong Gil, center, reads statement outside the North Korean Embassy in Stockholm, Sweden, Saturday, Oct. 5, 2019. North Korea's chief negotiator said Saturday that discussions with the U.S. on Pyongyang's nuclear program have broken down, but Washington said the two sides had &quot;good discussions&quot; that it intends to build on in two weeks. (Kyodo News via AP)

North Korean negotiator says new talks depend on US attitude

Associated Press