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FILE - This Aug. 24, 2019, file photo provided by the North Korean government, shows the test firing of an unspecified missile at an undisclosed location in North Korea. Japan has raised its caution level of Pyongyang’s missile capability in a defense paper, saying North Korea has miniaturized nuclear warheads and remains a serious threat, with the country resuming missile tests without taking any concrete denuclearization steps. The annual paper, approved Friday, Sept. 27, 2019, by the Cabinet, underscores Japan’s fear of being a target. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP, File)

Japan sees N Korea missile, China space activity as threat

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 30, 2019, file photo, President Donald Trump meets with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at the border village of Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone, South Korea. After two years in the spotlight at the U.N. General Assembly, North Korea this year is mostly an afterthought. The nation warranted only a single, rehashed sentence in Trump’s address and has been largely overshadowed by other standoffs and scandals. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

From focus to forgotten: Why no N. Korea spotlight at UN?

By FOSTER KLUG - Associated Press

In this July 18, 2019, photo, North Korean refugee Jang Myung-jin speaks during an interview at his house in Seoul, South Korea. The 32-year-old Jang is among a handful of young North Korean refugees in South Korea who have launched YouTube channels that offer a rare glimpse into the everyday lives of people in North Korea, one of the world’s most secretive and repressive countries. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

North Korea-born YouTubers offer peek into lives in homeland

By HYUNG-JIN KIM - Associated Press

President Donald Trump meets with Korean President Moon Jae-in at the InterContinental Barclay hotel during the United Nations General Assembly, Monday, Sept. 23, 2019, in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Seoul says US-North Korea nuke talks will likely resume soon

By HYUNG-JIN KIM - Associated Press

Quarantine officials control access to a pig farm with confirmed African swine fever in Ganghwa, South Korea, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2019. South Korean on Wednesday said it was intensifying efforts to clean farms around the country as it scrambles to contain the spread of the highly contagious African swine fever that has ravaged farms near its border with North Korea. The notice reads: &quot;Under quarantine.&quot; (Yun Tae-hyun/Yonhap via AP)

Fears grow in South Korea as tests confirm more swine fever

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

President Donald Trump meets with Korean President Moon Jae-in at the InterContinental Barclay hotel during the United Nations General Assembly, Monday, Sept. 23, 2019, in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Moon Jae-in, Trump discuss softer style in North Korea nuke talks

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump listens during the the United Nations Climate Action Summit during the General Assembly, Monday, Sept. 23, 2019, in New York. From left, National Security Adviser Robert C. O'Brien, White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Trump, Vice President Mike Pence, and U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Kelly Craft. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Donald Trump says meeting with Kim Jong-un ‘could happen soon’

By Foster Klug - Associated Press

In this photo provided by South Korea Defense Ministry, South Korean army soldiers, wearing helmets, inspect at the dismantled North Korean guard post inside the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) in the central section of the inter-Korean border in Cheorwon, Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2018. Dozens of North and South Korean soldiers crossed over the world's most heavily armed border Wednesday as they inspected the sites of their rival's front-line guard posts to verify they'd been removed, part of inter-Korean engagement efforts that come amid stalled U.S.-North Korea nuclear disarmament talks. (South Korea Defense Ministry via AP)

North Korea war remains excavation stops in Demilitarized Zone

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

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 Friday, Sept. 20, 2019, has praised President Donald Trump for saying Washington may pursue an unspecified &quot;new method&quot; in nuclear negotiations with Pyongyang. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

NKorea welcomes Trump’s call for ‘new method’ in talks

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

Lawyer says US bid to extradite North Korean is ‘political’

By EILEEN NG - Associated Press

Disinfectant solution is sprayed from a vehicle as a precaution against African swine fever near a pig farm in Paju, South Korea, Friday, Sept. 20, 2019. South Korea said Friday that it is investigating two more suspected cases of African swine fever from farms near its border with North Korea, as fears grow over the spread of the illness that has decimated pig herds across Asia. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

South Korea says 2 farms tested negative for swine fever

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This combination of file photos shows former NBA basketball star Dennis Rodman in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Dec. 20, 2013, left, and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in Pyongyang on April 15, 2017. (AP Photos/David Guttenfelder, Wong Maye-E, Files)

Dennis Rodman: ‘Kim Jong-un will be in America in 18 to 24 months, I guarantee you’

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

Disinfectant solution is sprayed from a vehicle as a precaution against African swine fever near a pig farm in Paju, South Korea, Friday, Sept. 20, 2019. South Korea said Friday that it is investigating two more suspected cases of African swine fever from farms near its border with North Korea, as fears grow over the spread of the illness that has decimated pig herds across Asia. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

South Korea reports more suspected swine fever cases

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

Quarantine officials wearing protective gears place barricades as a precaution against African swine fever at a pig farm in Paju, South Korea, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2019. South Korea is culling thousands of pigs after confirming African swine fever at a farm near its border with North Korea, which had an outbreak in May. The notice reads: &quot;Under quarantine.&quot; (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

South Korea confirms 2nd case of African swine fever

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

Uncertainty over South Korea’s World Cup visit to Pyongyang

By JOHN DUERDEN - Associated Press

South Korean President Moon Jae-in speaks during an emergency cabinet meeting at the presidential Blue House in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Aug. 2, 2019. Moon has vowed stern countermeasures against Japan's decision to downgrade its trade status, which he described as a deliberate attempt to contain South Korea's economic growth and a &quot;selfish&quot; act that would damage global supply chains.(Bae Jae-man/Yonhap via AP)

Moon Jae-in fears Iran distracts Trump from North Korea nuke deal

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

N. Korea says talks with US could resume in a ‘few weeks’

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

Empty frames, right top and right center, are seen after the removal of the signs with the portrait of North Korean leaders and the image of a North Korean flag from the restaurant's exterior wall of the North Korea-themed restaurant under construction in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Sept. 16, 2019. North Korea-themed restaurant in Seoul removes Kim portrait and flag image as police look into whether owner violated security law.(AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

North Korean-themed restaurant in Seoul removes Kim images

By HYUNG-JIN KIM - Associated Press

Disinfectant solution is sprayed from a vehicle as a precaution against African swine fever at a pig farm in Paju, South Korea, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2019. South Korea is culling thousands of pigs after confirming African swine fever at a farm near its border with North Korea, which had an outbreak in May. (Lim Byung-shick/Yonhap via AP)

South Korea culls pigs after confirming African swine fever

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

FILE- In this May 3, 2018 file photo, Fred Warmbier, right, listens as his wife Cindy Warmbier, speaks of their son Otto Warmbier, an American who died in 2017 days after his release from captivity in North Korea, during a meeting at the United Nations headquarters. An administration official said President Donald Trump will host the parents of Otto Warmbier, Saturday, Sept. 14, 2019. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

AP source: Otto Warmbier’s parents to have dinner with Trump

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