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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks to the media at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Sunday, June 23, 2019, before boarding a plane headed to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool)

Pompeo says US ready right now to resume talks with NKorea

Associated Press

In this undated photo provided on Sunday, June 23, 2019, by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un reads a letter from U.S. President Donald Trump. 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 says Kim received ‘excellent’ letter from Trump

By TONG-HYUNG KIM - Associated Press

Tomas Ojea Quintana, the United Nations special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in North Korea, listens to a question during a press conference in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, June 21, 2019. Quintana said there are signs the country and China are strengthening their efforts to track down people who have escaped from the North. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

UN investigator says North Korea cracking down on escapes

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

In this Thursday, June 20, 2019, photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, visiting Chinese President Xi Jinping, left, and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un wave from an open top limousine as they travel along a street in Pyongyang, North Korea. (Ju Peng/Xinhua via AP)

China’s Xi Jinping pushes economic reform at North Korea summit

By Christopher Bodeen - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 27, 2013, file photo, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, second left, flanked by Yang Hyong Sop, second right, vice president of the Presidium of North Korea's parliament, his uncle Jang Song Thaek, right, and Choe Ryong Hae, vice Marshal, left, as he tours the newly opened Fatherland Liberation War Museum, as part of celebrations for the 60th anniversary of the Korean War armistice in Pyongyang, North Korea. Despite Beijing’s opposition, Kim carried out a torrid run of weapons tests while pursuing a nuclear arsenal capable of targeting the U.S. mainland. Kim also executed a slew of senior officials, including his uncle, Jang, who had close ties with China, on treason charges. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E, File)

Key moments in relations between North Korea, China

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

In this undated photo provided on Saturday, June 1, 2019, by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, center, visits the February 8 General Machine Factory in Chagang Province, 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: "KCNA" which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)

Aid groups caught in crossfire of sanctions against North Korea

By Maggie Garred - The Washington Times

In this May 30, 2019, photo, a pig is seen in a pen in My Duc district, Hanoi, Vietnam. Asian nations are scrambling to contain the spread of the highly contagious African swine fever with Vietnam culling 2.5 million pigs and China reporting more than a million dead in an unprecedentedly huge epidemic governments fear have gone out of control. (AP Photo/Hieu Dinh)

Millions of pigs culled as swine fever spreads through Asia

By HAU DINH and SAM McNEIL - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 27, 2018, file photo, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, left, shakes hands with Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping at Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, China. Kim’s fifth meeting with Xi continues his ambitious diplomatic outreach that has included summits with the leaders of the United States, South Korea and Russia in the past year and a half. Experts say Kim is attempting to form a united front with North Korea’s main ally China to strengthen his leverage in the stalled nuclear negotiations with the United States. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP, File)

Xi’s NKorea visit a chance to strengthen ties, influence US

By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN - Associated Press

South Korean Unification Minister Kim Yeon-chul speaks during a press conference at the government complex in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, June 19, 2019. South Korea says it plans to send 50,000 tons of rice to North Korea through the World Food Program in its second aid package announced over the past month as it looks to help with the North's food shortages and improve bilateral relations. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

South Korea to send 50,000 tons of rice to North Korea

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

In this June 18, 2019 photo, people watch a TV news program reporting about Chinese President Xi Jinping's state visit to North Korea with a file footage of Chinese President Xi Jinping and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea. From nukes to huge food aid shipments to a shared skepticism about the United States, Xi and Kim will have a long list of topics to discuss when Xi heads north Thursday, June 20.(AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

Xi, Kim summit topics: Friendship, food aid and maybe nukes

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

South Korean army soldiers look toward the North's side at the Imjingak Pavilion, near the demilitarized zone of Panmunjom, in Paju, South Korea, Thursday, June 20, 2019. Chinese President Xi Jinping departed Thursday morning for a state visit to North Korea, where he's expected to talk with leader Kim Jong Un about his nuclear program while negotiations have stalled with Washington. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

The Latest: China’s Xi gets huge welcome in North Korea

Associated Press

In this Jan. 8, 2019, file photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, left, and Chinese President Xi Jinping attend a welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Xi said North Korea is taking the &quot;right direction&quot; by politically resolving issues on the Korean Peninsula in a rare op-ed published by a North Korean state newspaper Wednesday, June 19, 2019, a day before Xi visits Pyongyang to meet Kim. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP, File)

China’s Xi Jinping holds talks with Kim Jong-un in North Korea

By Ken Moritsugu - Associated Press

Russia, China block UN from saying NKorea violated sanctions

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

In this Jan. 8, 2019, file photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, left, and Chinese President Xi Jinping attend a welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Xi said North Korea is taking the &quot;right direction&quot; by politically resolving issues on the Korean Peninsula in a rare op-ed published by a North Korean state newspaper Wednesday, June 19, 2019, a day before Xi visits Pyongyang to meet Kim. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP, File)

Xi Jinping supports North Korea’s direction on issues ahead of visit

By Kim Tong-hyung - Associated Press

People watch a TV news program reporting about Chinese President Xi Jinping's state visit to North Korea with file footage of Xi and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, June 18, 2019. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

China, North Korea look to strengthen ties amid US disputes

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

In this June 19, 2018, file photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, Chinese President Xi Jinping, right, poses with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un for a photo during a welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Chinese state media say Xi will make a state visit to North Korea this week. State broadcaster CCTV said in its evening news program on Monday that Xi will meet with North Korean leader Kim during a visit Thursday and Friday. (Ju Peng/Xinhua via AP, File)

State media say Chinese President Xi Jinping to visit North Korea

Associated Press

China says suspected blast caused minor quake near N. Korea

Associated Press

US and 25 nations accuse North Korea of violating sanctions

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 15, 2000, file photo, from left in front row; former South Korean President Kim Dae-jung, former North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, and former South Korean First Lady Lee Hee-ho, hold hands as they sing a song titled &quot;We Are Hoping For Reunification&quot; at the Baekhwawon Guest House in Pyongyang during a luncheon party Thursday, June 15, 2000. (AP Photo/KOREA POOL/YONHAP, File)

N. Korea sends condolences for former S. Korean first lady

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

In this Tuesday, June 11, 2019, photo, North Koreans work in the field of their town of Kaepoong seen from the Unification Observation Post in Paju, South Korea, near the border with North Korea. North Korea on Wednesday, June 12 says it's actively fighting the spread of highly contagious African swine fever weeks after it reported an outbreak near its border with China. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

North Korea says it’s fighting swine fever with quarantine

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press