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In this Feb. 16, 2019, photo, war veteran Duong Van Dau walks in between a row of headstones at a memorial for North Korean fallen pilots in Bac Giang province, Vietnam. The fourteen headstones of the pilots who died while fighting American bombers alongside the Vietnamese army during the Vietnam war remain as a symbol of Vietnam-North Korea friendship. (AP Photo/Hau Dinh)

Memorial speaks to North Korea’s ties to summit host Vietnam

By HAU DINH and GRANT PECK - Associated Press

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Who really controls North Korea?

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Illustration on the second U.S./North Korea summit by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

If there’s no movement on denuclearization in North Korea there would be far-reaching consequences

By Joseph R. DeTrani

In this Feb. 2, 2019, photo, North Koreans men walk with the background of the West Sea Barrage in Nampo, North Korea. North Korea is exploring two ambitious alternative energy sources, tidal power and the production of coal-based synthetic fuels, that could greatly improve its standard of living while reducing its reliance on oil imports and vulnerability to sanctions. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)

North Korea exploring sanctions-proof energy technologies

By ERIC TALMADGE - Associated Press

FILE - In this undated file photo distributed on Sept. 16, 2017, by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, center, attends what was said to be the test launch of an intermediate range Hwasong-12 missile at an undisclosed location in North Korea. U.S President Donald Trump announced Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2019 during his State of the Union address that he intends to meet Kim on Feb. 27-28, 2019 in Vietnam, saying that although much work remains to be done toward peace on the Korean Peninsula, his relationship with Kim is a good one. 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 Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP, File)

Robert Abrams warns Kim Jong-un nuclear advance unchecked

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

In this Friday, Feb. 1, 2019, photo, a guide stands near a basketball shoe display in a product exhibition room at the Ryuwon Shoe Factory that specializes in sports footwear, in Pyongyang, North Korea. North Korean pop culture, long dismissed by critics as a kitschy throwback to the dark days of Stalinism, is getting a major upgrade under leader Kim Jong Un. The changes are being seen in everything from television dramas and animation programs to the variety and packaging of consumer goods, which have improved significantly under Kim. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)

K-pop and fancy sneakers: Kim Jong Un’s cultural revolution

By ERIC TALMADGE - Associated Press

In this Feb. 9, 2019, photo, a man watches a TV screen showing images of U.S. President Donald Trump, left, and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea. A top U.S. commander says he’s seen little to no change in North Korea’s military readiness or a slowdown in its nuclear weapons program since President Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un met for nuclear talks last year. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

US commander: North Korea hasn’t slowed its nuclear program

By DEB RIECHMANN - Associated Press

Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon, right, speaks during the Korean Sport &amp; Olympic Committee general assembly at the National Training Center in Jincheon, South Korea, Monday, Feb. 11, 2019. South Korea has chosen its capital, Seoul, for its bid for the 2032 Summer Olympics, which it hopes to jointly host with rival North Korea as a peace gesture. (Kim In-chul/Yonhap via AP)

South Korea picks Seoul for 2032 Olympic bid

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 27, 2008 file photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, the cooling tower of the Yongbyon nuclear complex is demolished in Yongbyon, North Korea, in a sign of its commitment to stop making plutonium for atomic bombs. When U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un first met in Singapore in 2018, there was pomp, there was circumstance, but there wasn’t much substance. As they get ready to sit down again in Vietnam on Feb. 27-28, 2019, there’s growing pressure that they forge a deal that puts them closer to ending the North Korean nuclear weapons threat. (Gao Haorong,/Xinhua via AP, File)

Trump-Kim summit to focus on NKorea nuke complex, US rewards

By HYUNG-JIN KIM - Associated Press

In this Friday, Feb. 8, 2019, file photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un delivers a speech at the Ministry of the People's Armed Forces to mark the 71st anniversary of the founding of the Korean People's Army, 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: "KCNA" which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP) ** FILE **

Christopher Hill, Joseph DeTrani urge Kim Jong-un to ‘show some denuclearization,’ clarify demands

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha, right, and Timothy Betts, acting Deputy Assistant Secretary and Senior Advisor for Security Negotiations and Agreements in the U.S. Department of State, shake hands for the media before their meeting at Foreign Ministry in Seoul, South Korea, Sunday, Feb. 10, 2019. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, Pool)

South Korea, US sign cost-sharing deal for American troops

By HYUNG-JIN KIM - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 12, 2018 file photo, President Donald Trump shakes hands with North Korea leader Kim Jong Un at the Capella resort on Sentosa Island in Singapore. As he prepares to meet again North Korea's Kim Jong Un, President Donald Trump is replaying many of the same moves, with a suspenseful buildup, make-or-break stakes and dramatic rendezvous in a far-flung locale. But the reality-star president is about to learn if the sequel can compete with the original. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Seoul: US, NKorea officials to meet in Asia ahead of summit

Associated Press

Members of the Honor Guard carry U.S. and South Korea flags after participating in the 2018 Security Consultative at the Pentagon, co-hosted by Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and South Korea Minister of Defense Jeong Kyeong-doo, Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2018. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

U.S., South Korea strike cost-sharing deal for American troops

By Hyung-Jin Kim - Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 3, 2019, file photo, U.S. Special Representative for North Korea Stephen Biegun arrives at Incheon International Airport in Incheon, South Korea. South Korean media says Biegun has returned Friday, Feb. 8, 2019, to South Korea after a three-day visit to Pyongyang. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, File)

US, N. Korean negotiators to meet again before 2nd summit

By TONG-HYUNG KIM - Associated Press

In this Feb. 27, 2017, file photo, former Vice President Dick Cheney speaks at the Republican Jewish Coalition annual leadership meeting in Las Vegas. Cheney says the Senate should not only confirm CIA nominee Gina Haspel, but should restart the spy agency's harsh detention and interrogation practices used on terror suspects after 9/11. Cheney told Fox Business on Thursday that if it were his call, he would have the program active and ready to be employed if needed. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Dick Cheney calls on Trump to resist temptation for a bad deal with N. Korea

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump gives a thumbs-up after arriving on Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Friday, Feb. 8, 2019. The President was returning to the White House after his annual physical exam at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Trump says summit with North Korea’s Kim will be in Hanoi

Associated Press

In this Tuesday, June 12, 2018, file photo, U.S. President Donald Trump, right, reaches to shake hands with North Korea leader Kim Jong Un at the Capella resort on Sentosa Island in Singapore. With the next meeting between the two leaders set for Feb. 27-28 in Vietnam, there’s hope and caution in South Korea on whether the leaders could agree to tangible steps toward reducing the North’s nuclear threat after a year of soaring but fruitless talks. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File) **FILE**

Donald Trump says he’ll meet North Korea leader in Hanoi

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

FILE- In this combination of file photos, U.S. President Donald Trump, left, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on May 16, 2018, and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in a meeting with South Korean leader Moon Jae-in in Panmunjom, South Korea, on April 27, 2018. With the next meeting between the two leaders set for Feb. 27-28 in Vietnam, there’s hope and caution in South Korea on whether the leaders could agree to tangible steps toward reducing the North’s nuclear threat after a year of soaring but fruitless talks. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, Korea Summit Press Pool via AP, File)

South hopeful, wary, but nuke talks crucial for Korean ties

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

In this Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2019, photo, students make story boards depicting North Korean flags being raised during a multi media production class at Pyongyang Teachers' University, a teacher training college, in Pyongyang, North Korea. North Korea is stepping up a new loyalty campaign that began last month with the introduction of a song in praise of the nation's flag. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)

North Korea pushing flag at center of new loyalty campaign

By ERIC TALMADGE - Associated Press

FILE - In this undated file photo distributed on Sept. 16, 2017, by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, center, attends what was said to be the test launch of an intermediate range Hwasong-12 missile at an undisclosed location in North Korea. U.S President Donald Trump announced Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2019 during his State of the Union address that he intends to meet Kim on Feb. 27-28, 2019 in Vietnam, saying that although much work remains to be done toward peace on the Korean Peninsula, his relationship with Kim is a good one. 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 Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP, File)

The Latest: Dem derides Trump claim he prevented NKorea war

Associated Press