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FILE - In this Sunday, June 10, 2018 file photo, Chinese President Xi Jinping, right, and Russian President Vladimir Putin pose for a photo at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit in Qingdao in eastern China's Shandong Province. Xi is traveling to Vladivostok, in the Russian Far East, on Tuesday Sept. 11, and Wednesday Sept. 12, 2018, for an economic conference where he’s expected to meet with Putin, while China joins vast Russian war games for the first time. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)

US policy drives Russia, China together ahead of summit

By JAMES ELLINGWORTH - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 12, 2018, file photo, U.S. President Donald Trump makes a statement before saying goodbye to North Korea leader Kim Jong Un after their meetings at the Capella resort on Sentosa Island in Singapore. On Thursday, June 21, 2018, the Trump administration identified the missile test engine site that it says North Korea has pledged to destroy, but the president’s latest comments about resolving the nuclear standoff have raised new questions about what concessions Pyongyang has made. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool, File)

Second Trump-Kim summit planned, White House says

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

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

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, center top left, waves as he leaves after a parade for the 70th anniversary of North Korea's founding day in Pyongyang, North Korea, Sunday, Sept. 9, 2018. North Korea staged a major military parade, huge rallies and will revive its iconic mass games on Sunday to mark its 70th anniversary as a nation. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

The Latest: Trump says NKorea parade a ‘positive statement’

Associated Press

Soldiers march past during a parade for the 70th anniversary of North Korea's founding day in Pyongyang, North Korea, Sunday, Sept. 9, 2018. North Korea staged a major military parade, huge rallies and will revive its iconic mass games on Sunday to mark its 70th anniversary as a nation. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

North Korea shelves long-range missiles in military parade celebrating country’s founding

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, right, raises hands with China's third highest ranking official, Li Zhanshu, during a parade for the 70th anniversary of North Korea's founding day in Pyongyang, North Korea, Sunday, Sept. 9, 2018. North Korea staged a major military parade, huge rallies and will revive its iconic mass games on Sunday to mark its 70th anniversary as a nation. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

North Korea uses 70th anniversary to push economy, not nukes

By ERIC TALMADGE - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 26, 2013, file photo, North Korean girls stand at attention at the end of a performance of the &quot;Arirang&quot; mass games at May Day Stadium in Pyongyang, North Korea, on the eve of the 60th anniversary of the Korean War armistice. North Korea is bringing back one of its most iconic art forms - mass games performed by tens of thousands of people working in precise unison - to mark its 70th anniversary on Sunday, Sept. 9, 2018. The performance, which takes months if not years of intense preparation and training, is being called “Glorious Country” this year. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder, File)

N. Korea revives iconic mass games for 70th anniversary gala

By ERIC TALMADGE - Associated Press

Pompeo has received North Korean letter Trump was expecting

By MATTHEW LEE - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 12, 2018 file photo, North Korea leader Kim Jong Un and U.S. President Donald Trump shake hands at the conclusion of their meetings at the Capella resort on Sentosa Island in Singapore. The newly appointed U.S. special envoy for North Korea will make his first diplomatic trip abroad next week in the Trump administration’s latest effort to press for progress in uncertain denuclearization talks. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool)

Trump expecting to receive letter from North Korea’s Kim

By KEN THOMAS - Associated Press

Australia, New Zealand deploy planes to enforce UN sanctions

Associated Press

FILE - In this June 12, 2018 file photo, North Korea leader Kim Jong Un and U.S. President Donald Trump shake hands at the conclusion of their meetings at the Capella resort on Sentosa Island in Singapore. The newly appointed U.S. special envoy for North Korea will make his first diplomatic trip abroad next week in the Trump administration’s latest effort to press for progress in uncertain denuclearization talks. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool)

Book on Trump raises worries in South Korea about alliance

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

A woman walks past the preparations ongoing on Kim Il Sung Square, ahead of the 70th anniversary of North Korea's founding day in Pyongyang, North Korea, Friday, Sept. 7, 2018. North Korea will be staging a major military parade, huge rallies and reviving its iconic mass games on Sunday to mark its 70th anniversary as a nation. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

AP Explains: What to expect at N.Korea 70th anniversary gala

By ERIC TALMADGE - Associated Press

In this Thursday, Sept. 6, 2018, photo, South Korean President Moon Jae-in smiles as he presides over a meeting to make preparations for upcoming summit between South and North Korea in Pyongyang, North Korea, from Sept. 18-20 at the presidential Blue House in Seoul, South Korea. Moon said Friday, Sept. 7, that he's pushing for &quot;irrevocable progress&quot; on efforts to rid North Korea of its nukes by the end of this year as he prepares for his third summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. (Hwang Gwang-mo/Yonhap via AP)

SKorea seeks ‘irrevocable progress’ on nukes by year’s end

By HYUNG-JIN KIM and KEN THOMAS - Associated Press

In this Aug. 29, 2018 photo, North Korean defector Sim Ju-il shows how to do North Korean military goosesteps during an interview in Seoul, South Korea. Even two decades after he fled North Korea, even with an abiding hatred of the ruling dictatorship, Sim sometimes still relives the days when he goose-stepped past the nation’s revered founder, Kim Il Sung, as a young man. Goose-stepping soldiers are the most spectacular part of North Korea’s massive military parades. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Past goose-steppers proud of place in North Korean parades

By HYUNG-JIN KIM - Associated Press

In this June 12, 2018, file photo, U.S. President Donald Trump, right, and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un participate in a signing ceremony during a meeting on Sentosa Island in Singapore. As nuclear talks with United States stall, North Korea is preparing to hold a big military parade on Sunday, Sept. 9, 2018, the 70th anniversary of the country’s founding. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Donald Trump to Kim Jong-un: ‘We will get it done together!’

By Gabriella Muñoz - The Washington Times

This Dec. 19, 2014, photo shows an exterior view of the Sony Pictures Plaza building in Culver City, Calif. The Justice Department is preparing to announce charges in connection with a devastating 2014 hack of Sony Pictures Entertainment. (Associated Press) **FILE**

North Korean charged in crippling Sony hack, WannaCry virus

By BRIAN MELLEY and MICHAEL BALSAMO - Associated Press

US envoy for North Korea to visit South Korea, China, Japan

By MATTHEW LEE - Associated Press

This Dec. 19, 2014, photo shows an exterior view of the Sony Pictures Plaza building in Culver City, Calif. The Justice Department is preparing to announce charges in connection with a devastating 2014 hack of Sony Pictures Entertainment. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Justice Department charges North Korean hacker for 2014 Sony Pictures attack

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

In this Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2018, photo provided on Thursday, Sept. 6, 2018, by South Korea Presidential Blue House via Yonhap News Agency, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un receives the letter from South Korean President Moon Jae-in from South Korean National Security Director Chung Eui-yong, left, in Pyongyang, North Korea. (South Korea Presidential Blue House/Yonhap via AP)

Kim Jong-un North Korea denuclearization an effort to secure legitimacy

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump gestures while speaking at the Harris Conference Center in Charlotte, N.C., Friday, Aug. 31, 2018. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Donald Trump rejects Marshall Plan nation-building, opts for ‘tough love’ foreign policy

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times