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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo strongly felt the need for patience and deeper, working-level talks with the North Koreans, but he didn't skip a beat in backing up President Trump over his decision to walk away from the table with Kim Jong-un when denuclearization talks in Vietnam hit a snag. (Associated Press/File)

Mike Pompeo’s influence with Donald Trump at State Department questioned

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Illustration on living with a nuclear-armd North Korea by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

When Democrats surrender to Kim Jong-un

By Peter Vincent Pry

Vietnamese Doan Thi Huong, center, is escorted by police as she arrives at Shah Alam High Court in Shah Alam, Malaysia, Thursday, March 14, 2019. Vietnam has urged Malaysia to release the second woman accused of killing the estranged half brother of North Korea's leader after her co-defendant was unexpectedly set free this week. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

Malaysia continues case against Vietnam woman in Kim killing

By EILEEN NG - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 5, 2018, file photo, Vietnamese Doan Thi Huong, center, is escorted by police as she leaves after a court hearing at the Shah Alam High Court in Shah Alam, Malaysia. Vietnam is urging Malaysia to release the second woman accused of killing the estranged half brother of North Korea’s leader. Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh made the plea in a phone call Tuesday, March 12, 2019, with his counterpart, Saifuddin Abdullah. A statement posted on the ministry’s website said Minh requested the Malaysian court conduct a fair trial and free Huong. (AP Photo/Sadiq Asyraf, File)

Vietnamese suspect in Kim Jong Nam’s killing seeking release

By HAU DINH and EILEEN NG - Associated Press

Na Kyung-won, the floor leader of the main opposition Liberty Korea Party, delivers a speech at the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, March 12, 2019. The office of South Korean President Moon Jae-in has responded sharply to comments by the conservative lawmaker who accused him of acting as the &quot;top spokesman&quot; of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. (Kim Hyun-tai/Yonhap via AP)

Moon’s office angrily reacts to Pyongyang ‘spokesman’ claim

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

Moon Chung-in, a special adviser to South Korean President Moon Jae-in, speaks during a forum hosted by the Kwanhun Club in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, March 12, 2019. Moon says a possible North Korean rocket launch would cause a &quot;catastrophic&quot; consequence for diplomacy on the North's nuclear program. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Seoul: North Korea launch would be catastrophe for diplomacy

By HYUNG-JIN KIM - Associated Press

FILE - In this file image provided by Airbus Defence &amp; Space and 38 North via a satellite image from CNES which was captured on March 6, 2019, shows the Sohae Satellite Launch Facility in Tongchang-ri, North Korea. North Korea must not use a possible rocket launch as leverage in negotiations with the U.S, a special South Korean presidential adviser said Tuesday, March 12, 2019, saying such a move could be &quot;catastrophic&quot; for global diplomacy on its nuclear program. (Defence &amp; Space and 38 North via AP, File)

UN expert says Kim Jong Un demand shows sanctions work

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

President Donald Trump boards Air Force One at Palm Beach International Airport, in West Palm Beach, Fla., Sunday, March 10, 2019, en route to Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

US envoy: NKorea denuclearization must not be incremental

By ROBERT BURNS - Associated Press

This satellite image captured on Feb. 22, 2019 and provided by DigitalGlobe, shows Sanumdong research center on the outskirts of Pyongyang, North Korea. South Korea's military said it is carefully monitoring North Korean nuclear and missile facilities after the country's spy agency told lawmakers that new activity was detected at a research center where the North is believed to build long-range missiles targeting the U.S. mainland. (DigitalGlobe, a Maxar company, via AP)

UN probing North Korea sanctions violations in 20 countries

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

Indonesian Siti Aisyah, center, is escorted by police as she arrives at Shah Alam High Court in Shah Alam, Malaysia, Monday, March 11, 2019. The trial of two Southeast Asian women charged with murdering Kim Jong Nam, North Korean leader's half brother, resumed Monday after months of delay, with the Vietnamese suspect taking the stand to begin her defense. (AP Photo/Yam G-Jun)

Indonesian woman freed 2 years after killing of Kim Jong Nam

By EILEEN NG - Associated Press

National security adviser John Bolton speaks to reporters during the daily press briefing in the Brady press briefing room at the White House in Washington. In President Donald Trump’s Washington, matters of war and peace are decided in 280-character bursts. It’s up to John Bolton to massage them into a foreign policy. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

John Bolton, national security advisor, downplays prospect of imminent N. Korean missile launch

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

National Security Adviser John Bolton adjusts his glasses before an interview, Tuesday, March 5, 2019, at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

John Bolton: Donald Trump optimistic for more North Korea talks

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Seoul: Small quake in North Korea likely due to mining blast

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

This satellite image provided by DigitalGlobe captured on March 2, 2019, and shows the launch tower at the Sohae Satellite Launch Facility in Tongchang-ri, North Korea. North Korea is restoring facilities at the long-range rocket launch site, which it dismantled last year as part of disarmament steps, according to foreign experts and a South Korean lawmaker who was briefed by Seoul's spy service. The finding follows a high-stakes nuclear summit last week between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and President Donald Trump that ended without any agreement. (DigitalGlobe, a Maxar company, via AP)

Seoul: Increased vehicle movement at North Korea’s ICBM center

By Kim Tong-hyung - Associated Press

Former President Jimmy Carter speaks in support of his grandson, Georgia Democratic candidate for governor Jason Carter, Sunday, Oct. 12, 2014 at Mt. Zion Baptist Church in Albany, Ga. After an absence of four decades, the former president is returning to the campaign trail this year on behalf of Jason, who&#8217;s challenging incumbent Republican Gov. Nathan Deal. (AP Photo/Phil Sears)

Jimmy Carter offers to travel to North Korea, break Donald Trump-Kim Jong-un stalemate: Report

By Victor Morton - The Washington Times

In this April 8, 2012, file photo, a soldier stands in front of the Unha-3 rocket at a launching site in Tongchang-ri, North Korea. North Korea is reportedly restoring facilities at its long-range rocket launch site that it had dismantled as part of disarmament steps last year. A major South Korean newspaper reports that the country's spy service gave such an assessment to lawmakers in a private briefing on Tuesday. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder, File)

Normal operations restored at North Korean launch site, experts say

By Kim Tong-hyung - Associated Press

This satellite image provided by DigitalGlobe captured on March 2, 2019, and shows the launch tower at the Sohae Satellite Launch Facility in Tongchang-ri, North Korea. North Korea is restoring facilities at the long-range rocket launch site, which it dismantled last year as part of disarmament steps, according to foreign experts and a South Korean lawmaker who was briefed by Seoul's spy service. The finding follows a high-stakes nuclear summit last week between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and President Donald Trump that ended without any agreement. (DigitalGlobe, a Maxar company, via AP)

N. Korea airs documentary glorifying Kim’s summit with Trump

By HYUNG-JIN KIM - Associated Press

In this Feb. 28, 2019, file photo, U.S President Donald Trump, right, and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un take a walk after their first meeting at the Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi hotel, in Hanoi, Vietnam. North Korea's state TV on Wednesday, March 6, 2019, has aired a documentary glorifying leader Kim's recent visit to Vietnam that omitted the failed nuclear negotiations with Trump. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Donald Trump questions North Korea restored rocket site report

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

This satellite image provided by DigitalGlobe, was captured on March 2, 2019, and shows the rocket test stand at the Sohae Satellite Launch Facility in Tongchang-ri, North Korea. North Korea is restoring facilities at the long-range rocket launch, which it dismantled last year as part of disarmament steps, according to foreign experts and a South Korean lawmaker who was briefed by Seoul's spy service. The finding follows a high-stakes nuclear summit last week between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and President Donald Trump that ended without any agreement. (DigitalGlobe, a Maxar company, via AP)

Trump disappointed by activity at North Korea missile sites

By DEB RIECHMANN and MATTHEW LEE - Associated Press

UN: 11 million North Koreans need food and kids are stunted

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press