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In this image made from video provided by Korea Broadcasting System (KBS), South Korean President Moon Jae-in, left, and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un pose after signing documents in Pyongyang, North Korea Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2018.(Korea Broadcasting System via AP)

The Latest: Trump welcomes ‘tremendous progress’ with NKorea

Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug. 15, 2018, file photo, a man walks by a &quot;Peace&quot; sign before a ceremony to celebrate Korean Liberation Day in Seoul, South Korea. At the heart of the current impasse in nuclear diplomacy with North Korea is a seemingly straightforward demand by both North and South Korea for an end to the Korean War. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, File)

AP looks at the Koreas’ push for formal end to Korean War

By FOSTER KLUG - Associated Press

South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, right, wave during a welcoming ceremony at Sunan International Airport in Pyongyang in North Korea, Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2018. (Pyongyang Press Corps Pool via AP)

Kim agrees to dismantle main nuke site if US takes steps too

By ERIC TALMADGE and KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

South Korean President Moon Jae-in, left, and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un wave from a car during a parade through a street in Pyongyang, North Korea, Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2018. (Pyongyang Press Corps Pool via AP)

Summit may be the grand theater Kim needs to show his people

By FOSTER KLUG - Associated Press

FILE - In this Dec. 1, 2017, file photo, South Korean singer Ailee poses for photos on the red carpet of the Mnet Asian Music Awards (MAMA) in Hong Kong. South Korean President Moon Jae-in heads to his meeting with North Korea’s leader with a huge civilian entourage including the third-generation heir of South Korea’s largest business group and a Colorado-born pop diva nicknamed the “Korean Beyonce.” (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)

Moon’s traveling entourage includes CEOs, ‘Korean Beyonce’

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 27, 2018 file photo, a man watches a TV screen showing file footages of U.S. President Donald Trump, right, South Korean President Moon Jae-in, center, and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, left, during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea. The main focus of outside attention to this week’s inter-Korean summit is whether it can find ways to resolve the stalemated diplomacy on North Korea’s nuclear program. Also at stake is what steps the Koreas will take to lower decades-long military tensions and improve ties. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, File)

Denuclearization, improving ties on Korean summit agenda

By HYUNG-JIN KIM - Associated Press

South Korean President Moon Jae-in speaks during a cabinet meeting at the presidential Blue House in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Sept. 17, 2018. A senior South Korean official on Monday played down the chance that this week's inter-Korean summit will result in major progress in efforts to rid North Korea of its nuclear program. (Hwang Gwang-mo/Yonhap via AP)

The Latest: UK urges N. Korea to take steps to denuclearize

Associated Press

South Koreans wave their national flags during a rally to wish for the successful inter-Korean summit near the presidential Blue House in Seoul, Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2018. South Korean President Moon Jae-in said Monday that he will push for &quot;irreversible, permanent peace,&quot; and for better dialogue between Pyongyang and Washington, during &quot;heart-to-heart&quot; talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un this week. The signs read: &quot; Denuclearization.&quot; (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Kim, Moon start possibly most challenging Korean summit yet

By ERIC TALMADGE and HYUNG-JIN KIM - Associated Press

U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley addresses the United Nations Security Council, Monday, Sept. 17, 2018, at U.N. headquarters. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

US and Russia clash over enforcing UN sanctions on NKorea

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 27, 2018 file photo, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, left, and South Korean President Moon Jae-in raise their hands after signing a joint statement at the border village of Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone, South Korea. South Korea’s liberal president faces growing skepticism at home about his engagement policy ahead of his third summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. A survey showed nearly half of South Koreans think next week’s summit won’t find a breakthrough to resolve a troubled nuclear diplomacy. It comes as Moon’s approval rating is declining amid economic frustrations. (Korea Summit Press Pool via AP, File)

Skepticism rising in S. Korea ahead of 3rd summit with North

By HYUNG-JIN KIM - Associated Press

US calls UN meeting on undermining North Korea sanctions

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 27, 2018 file photo, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, left, and South Korean President Moon Jae-in raise their hands after signing a joint statement at the border village of Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone, South Korea. President Moon faces his toughest challenge yet in his third summit with Kim in Pyongyang, where he will be pressed to deliver substantive agreements beyond the vague aspirational statements on denuclearization that have been repeated in past months. (Korea Summit Press Pool via AP, File)

Moon faces toughest challenge yet in 3rd summit with Kim

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

This undated photo released on Sept, 12, 2018, from South Korea Unification Ministry via Newsis, shows a liaison office building between South and North Korea in Kaesong, North Korea. The rival Koreas on Friday, Sept. 14, 2018, have opened their first liaison office near their tense border to facilitate better communication and exchanges. (South Korea Unification Ministry/Newsis via AP)

Koreas open 1st liaison office for better communication

By Hyung-jin Kim - Associated Press

N. Korea calls Sony, Wannacry hack charges smear campaign

By ERIC TALMADGE - Associated Press

US accuses Russia of altering North Korea sanctions report

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 12, 2018, file photo, North Korea leader Kim Jong Un, left, and U.S. President Donald Trump shake hands at the conclusion of their meetings at the Capella resort on Sentosa Island in Singapore. In recent weeks it’s become clear that Donald Trump wants to meet with Kim Jong Un again, and the North Korean leader has told the White House he’d like more face-to-face talks with the American president. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool, File)

Could Trump meet Kim in New York this month? AP takes a look

By FOSTER KLUG - Associated Press

U.S. special envoy for North Korea Stephen Biegun, right, and South Korea's special representative for Korean Peninsula Peace and Security Affairs Lee Do-hoon, left, shake hands during their meeting at the Foreign Ministry in Seoul Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2018. (Jung Yeon-je/Pool Photo via AP)

New U.S. special envoy talks N. Korea strategy with S. Korean president

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

US identifies 2 Korean War dead from North Korea remains

By LOLITA C. BALDOR - Associated Press

Nuke Verification Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Advancing the complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula

By Joseph R. DeTrani

White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders speaks during the daily press briefing at the White House, Monday, Sept. 10, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

White House says it’s working to plan 2nd Trump-Kim meeting

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE - Associated Press