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This Aug. 29, 2017, file photo by the North Korean government shows what was said to be the test launch of a Hwasong-12 intermediate-range missile in Pyongyang, North Korea. North Korea on Thursday, Dec. 20, 2018, says it will never unilaterally give up its nuclear weapons unless the United States removes its nuclear threat first. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP, File)

North Korea has approximately 20 undeclared missile bases: Report

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

FILE - In this June. 12, 2018, file photo, U.S. President Donald Trump, right, meets with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Sentosa Island, in Singapore. South Korea has stopped calling North Korea an &quot;enemy&quot; in its biennial defense document published Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2019 in an apparent effort to continue reconciliation with Pyongyang. The development comes as U.S. and North Korean leaders are looking to set up their second summit to defuse an international standoff over the North's nuclear program. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Bruce Klingner, ex-CIA official, warns Donald Trump: Don’t ‘get outplayed again’ by Kim Jong-un

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump hopes to build on his meeting in Singapore with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un with a second summit next month, reportedly in Vietnam, despite concern about a lack of action from Pyongyang. (Associated Press/File)

Donald Trump, Kim Jong-un set for second nuclear summit

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Security staff are seen at the location where representatives of the United States, North Korea and South Korea are holding a secret meeting, in Stockhom, Sunday, Jan. 20, 2019. President Donald Trump said Saturday that &quot;things are going very well with North Korea&quot; and he plans a second summit with leader Kim Jong Un to try to broker a deal that would entice the North to give up its nuclear weapons. (Anders Wiklund/TT News Agency via AP)

US, South Korean diplomats attending NKorea talks in Sweden

By JARI TANNER - Associated Press

In this June 12, 2018, photo, U.S. President Donald Trump (left) and North Korea leader Kim Jong-un walk from their lunch at the Capella resort on Sentosa Island in Singapore. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Donald Trump to meet with North Korea’s Kim Jong-un late next month

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, center, Kim Yong Chol, a North Korean senior ruling party official and former intelligence chief, left, and U.S. Special Representative for North Korea, Stephen Biegun, right, meet in Washington, Friday, Jan. 18, 2019. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

The Latest: US, North Korea plan 2nd round of talks

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Kim Yong Chol, left, a North Korean senior ruling party official and former intelligence chief, is shielded with umbrellas as he arrives at the VIP terminal of the Beijing International airport in Beijing Thursday, Jan. 17, 2019. Kim arrived in Beijing on Thursday, reportedly en route to the United States for talks ahead of a possible second summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Donald Trump to meet top North Korea official at White House

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

North Korean official Kim Yong Chol, right, prepares to leave the Beijing International Airport in Beijing Thursday, Jan. 17, 2019. Kim arrived in Beijing on Thursday, reportedly en route to the United States for talks ahead of a possible second summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. (Kyodo News via AP)

Trump says ‘things are going very well’ with North Korea

By MATTHEW LEE and DEB RIECHMANN - Associated Press

North Korean official Kim Yong-chol, right, prepares to leave the Beijing International Airport in Beijing Thursday, Jan. 17, 2019. Kim arrived in Beijing on Thursday, reportedly en route to the United States for talks ahead of a possible second summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. (Kyodo News via AP)

Secret talks between U.S., North Korea take place in Sweden

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President Donald Trump speaks about American missile defense doctrine, Thursday, Jan 17, 2019, at the Pentagon. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

Donald Trump calls for major expansion of U.S. missile defense

By Dave Boyer and Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Kim Yong Chol, a North Korean senior ruling party official and former intelligence chief, gets into a car upon his arrival at the Beijing International airport in Beijing Thursday, Jan. 17, 2019. (Kim Jin-bang/Yonhap via AP)

US and North Korea to hold talks on 2nd Trump-Kim summit

By MATTHEW LEE and DEB RIECHMANN - Associated Press

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, right, and Kim Yong Chol, left, a North Korean senior ruling party official and former intelligence chief, return to discussions after a break at Park Hwa Guest House in Pyongyang, North Korea, Saturday, July 7, 2018. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool) **FILE**

North Korean visit could be prelude to second Kim Jong-un, Trump summit

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

FILE - In this July 26, 2015, file photo, North Koreans look at paintings on display in Pyongyang, North Korea. South Korea says on Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2019, it has stopped businessmen from bringing in North Korean paintings in a potential violation of UN sanctions. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E, File)

South Korea stops paintings brought from North Korea

By HYUNG-JIN KIM - Associated Press

This Dec. 10, 2018, photo, provided by the U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA), shows the launch of the U.S. military's land-based Aegis missile defense testing system, that later intercepted an intermediate-range ballistic missile, from the Pacific Missile Range Facility on the island of Kauai in Hawaii. The Trump administration will roll out a new strategy Thursday, Jan. 17, 2019, for a more aggressive space-based missile defense system to protect against existing threats from North Korea and Iran and counter advanced weapon systems being developed by Russia and China. (Mark Wright/Missile Defense Agency via AP) **FILE**

Trump administration to roll out new missile defense plan

By DEB RIECHMANN and LOLITA C. BALDOR - Associated Press

Capt. Philip Gunn participates in a flyover during the interment ceremony of retired Brig. Gen. Robinson Risner on Jan. 23, 2014, at Arlington National Cemetery. (Image: Air Force) ** FILE **

Donald Trump to unveil deep review of missile defense

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

FILE - In this April 27, 2018, file photo, a North Korean flag flutters in the wind atop a 160-meter tower in North Korea's village Gijungdongseen, as seen from the Taesungdong freedom village inside the demilitarized zone in Paju, South Korea. South Korea has stopped calling North Korea an &quot;enemy&quot; in its biennial defense document published Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2019 in an apparent effort to continue reconciliation with Pyongyang. The development comes as U.S. and North Korean leaders are looking to set up their second summit to defuse an international standoff over the North's nuclear program. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, File)

South Korea defense report doesn’t refer to North as enemy

By HYUNG-JIN KIM - Associated Press

Tomas Ojea Quintana, the United Nations special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in North Korea, speaks during a press conference in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Jan. 11, 2019. Quintana says negotiations on North Korea's denuclearization must also include its abysmal human rights situation. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

UN expert: N.Korea nuclear talks should include human rights

Associated Press

A TV screen shows the live broadcast of South Korean President Moon Jae-in's press conference in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Jan. 10, 2019. Moon has suggested he'll push for sanction exemptions to restart dormant economic cooperation projects with North Korea. The slug reads: &quot;Basic pension expansion.&quot;(AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

SKorea wants sanction exemptions to restart NKorea projects

By HYUNG-JIN KIM - Associated Press

A traffic policeman shows direction to a Mercedes limousine with a golden emblem, similar to one North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has used previously, is escorted by motorcades traveling past Chang'an Avenue in Beijing, Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2019. North Korean state media reported Tuesday that Kim is making a four-day trip to China in what's likely an effort by him to coordinate with his only major ally ahead of a summit with U.S. President Donald Trump that could happen early this year. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

The Latest: Kim reportedly committed to summit with Trump

Associated Press

In this June 12, 2018, photo, U.S. President Donald Trump (left) and North Korea leader Kim Jong-un walk from their lunch at the Capella resort on Sentosa Island in Singapore. (Associated Press) **FILE**

South Korean envoy anticipates second U.S.-North Korea summit

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times